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Latest post Mon, Aug 1 2005 3:57 PM by Tallulah Tam. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  122876 Sun, 31 Jul 05 06:29 PM
Hi

I hope you can help me with this question:

When I don't know the name of the person who I'm wriitng to, do I write "yours faithfully" or "kind regards"?

Tallulah Tam  +  122888 Sun, 31 Jul 05 10:54 PM

This has been answered in another area.  The answer is:-  Yours faithfully.

(But you would write Yours faithfully, - with a comma after it, followed by your name on the next line.)

 

 

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MrPedantic  +  122908 Sun, 31 Jul 05 11:44 PM

That's interesting. I'd be inclined to omit the comma after 'Yours faithfully' and leave 4 lines or so before my typed name, to leave space for the signature.

(I think the comma after 'Yours faithfully' may be less common in British business letters these days.)

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Tallulah Tam  +  123099 Mon, 01 Aug 05 03:57 PM

Sorry Mr P., I should have added, "leaving three or four spaces in between for the signature," after "on the next line".

The comma after Yours faithfully is correct according to Pitman's Office Training, (or at least it used to be). Smile [:)]

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