brad    944750 Wed, 23 Jun 04 11:34 PM What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?" I am writing a book and have a lot of questions like this (maybe 10 or so). Does anyone have any recommendations as far as a reverse dictionary of thesaurus with antonyms (online, preferably)? Is this newsgroup the one I want to be posting questions like this to? Thanks, Brad brad Antonyms, Online

	Lars Eighner    944756 Wed, 23 Jun 04 11:40 PM In our last episode, (Email Removed), the lovely and talented brad broadcast on alt.usage.english: "What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?"" It is often called the "complimentary close." "I am writing a book and have a lot of questions like this (maybe 10 or so). Does anyone have ... with antonyms (online, preferably)? Is this newsgroup the one I want to be posting questions like this to? Thanks, Brad" Lars Eighner -finger for geek code- (Email Removed) http://www.io.com/~eighner/ "The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it." Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person Lars Eighner Antonyms, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Usages, Online, Languages

	Christopher Green    945381 Thu, 24 Jun 04 03:40 AM "What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?"" Complimentary close. Occasionally just "close" or the bureaucratic solecism "complimentary closing". (The stock use of "sincerely" as the complimentary close in almost all American business and government correspondence must be one of the greatest abuses of any word in modern English.) "I am writing a book and have a lot of questions like this (maybe 10 or so). Does anyone have ... with antonyms (online, preferably)? Is this newsgroup the one I want to be posting questions like this to? Thanks, Brad" There's the OneLook Reverse Dictionary online, http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml Bernstein's Reverse Dictionary and the Oxford Reverse Dictionary are available from the usual sources. The visually inclined and non-native English speakers may find the Reader's Digest Illustrated Reverse Dictionary useful. Chris Green Christopher Green Antonyms, Business, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colours, United States, American, Careers, Online, Languages

	Edward    945616 Thu, 24 Jun 04 09:41 AM "What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?"" Valediction Edward The reading group's reading group: http://www.bookgroup.org.uk Edward Antonyms

	Cece    945730 Thu, 24 Jun 04 05:13 PM "What is the name of the ending of a letter, e.g. "sincerely" or "yours truly?" I guess it would be the antonym of "salutation?"" "Valediction Edward The reading group's reading group: http://www.bookgroup.org.uk" Here in the U.S., it is "complimentary close." I worked as a typist or secretary for quite a few years, and was taught the names of the parts of a letter before that (English classes and typing class) and have never before heard or seen "valediction." The Reader's Digest Reverse Dictionary is the only one I've found useful. Although it does sometimes get a bit too British. Cece Cece Antonyms, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States, Languages, Classes