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jessica144
#399 Wed, 21 May 03 02:09 AM
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For example:
Dear sir/madam,
(letter.. )
Yours faithfully, or yours sincerely, or thanks,
regards?
Jessica
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jessica144
#400 Wed, 21 May 03 02:09 AM
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nice forum by the way, funny text with the essay game!
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Pia
#407 Wed, 21 May 03 02:36 PM
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Well, there are different schools of thought nowadays. However the basic rule is that when you use Dear Sir/Madam then you end with yours faithfully. When you know the name of recipient then use yours sincerely.
General example:
Dear Mr Brown,
blah blah blah.
Yours sincerely,
Me.
When addressing a close friend or colleague and you use the first name, then it's:
Dear Jessica,
blah blah,
best wishes, warm wishes, best regards, warm regards, kind regards,
Me
Increasingly, especially in the United States, people are signing off with best / kind / warm regards regardless of the form of address.
Hope this helps.
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jessica144
#409 Thu, 22 May 03 02:22 AM
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thanks, the first one is more English right? not american? as i'm writing in europe.
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Pia
#466 Mon, 26 May 03 01:58 PM
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hitchhiker
#3496 Tue, 05 Aug 03 02:27 AM
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"OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?"
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Guest
#22272 Thu, 12 Feb 04 04:22 PM
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when you're writing ' to whom it may concern' how do you sign off? faithfully? sincerely? etc?
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Guest
#29173 Thu, 06 May 04 12:33 PM
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well as you dont know then i assume its yours sincerely?
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Guest
#32456 Tue, 08 Jun 04 03:58 PM
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Has anyone ever heard of signing off a letter
"Kind regards,
Yours sincerely,"
Yes.....that is both of them. I have been told that it is a proper way of signing off if you want to be both slightly less formal (but not INformal), in the first instance, and remain professional, in the second instance.
Anyone?
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