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Sand-dumes  #532477  Wed, 25 Jun 08 06:39 PM
i going through some letter writing in English, and it says at the end

Thank you!
The Management,

so my question is it it correct to use exclamation mark after  Thank you and then only Management is right or The Management

i am  bamboozled .

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Clive  #532482  Wed, 25 Jun 08 06:44 PM
Hi,
i going through some letter writing in English, and it says at the end

Thank you!
The Management,

so my question is it it correct to use exclamation mark after  Thank you It's optional. Use it if you want to be emphatic.

and then only Management is right or The Management Either is OK, but 'the' is probably more common.

Clive


  
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Mr Wordy  #532491  Wed, 25 Jun 08 06:49 PM

Let me unbamboozle you then. 

An exclamation mark after "Thank you" is OK if you want a bright and breezy style. It would not be appropriate in a very formal letter.

"The Management" is also OK.

If that's the end of the sign-off then there should not be a comma after "The Management".

  
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