'Yours Faithfully, Yours Sincerely or Thanks' - When to use?

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kukuzhang

#33120 Mon, 14 Jun 04 03:22 AM

yes, i agree with you.

kukuzhang

Joined on Mon, Jun 14 2004

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Yours sincerely

Guest

#40430 Mon, 02 Aug 04 03:05 PM

See

To make it short,
if you don't know the person's name, you will write:

"Dear sir/madam,

(letter.. )

Yours faithfully,
Bernard"

If you know the person's name you'll write:

"Dear Madam Jessica Pretty,

(letter.. )

Yours sincerely,
Bernard"

If you are in an unformal relation, you'll use "Best wishes/Best regards"

Hope this helped...

bclabots yahoo.co.uk

Guest

Regards, Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely

Kaka Lee

#43764 Sun, 29 Aug 04 04:37 AM

thanks to everyone.......
It's helpful to someone such as me.......
I usually write letter to foreign clients but my english is bad.......
I like english very much and I have to use it in my work....but my mother tongue is chinese
mmmmm....chinese is the best tool........ Smile [:)]

Kaka Lee

Joined on Sat, Aug 28 2004

China

New Member (05)

Guest

#56741 Mon, 22 Nov 04 01:47 PM

when I finsh my letter

Guest

Yours sincerely

chickenwing

#57231 Wed, 24 Nov 04 01:03 PM

In formal letter,

Yours faithfully is used when you don't know the receiver of the letter at all. (Dear Sir)

Yours sincerely is used when you know the name of the person. (Dear David Beckham)

Best regards, best wishes, yours, thanks, etc are used when you are writing informal letters or friendly letters.

However, nowadays, the usages of the closing have not been so tightly restricted. Many people will use "Best regards" in formal letters.

PS: English is not my mother tongue, please correct me if I have something wrong.

chickenwing

Joined on Wed, Nov 24 2004

New Member (06)

Formal letter, Formal letters, Regards, Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely

bpb89

#63090 Thu, 23 Dec 04 03:13 PM

Although all the above is correct it can become somewhat of a minefield when entering the realms of Perigee, Royalty & other titles; For example, if writing to your mayor it should set out as follows if you live in a City:

The Rt. Worshipful The Mayor of
(Councillor )
The Mayors Parlor
City Hall

Dear Mr/Madame Mayor, (Change as required

Respectfully Yours,

Joe Bloggs

HOWEVER this is not true if you live in a Town or Borough:

The Worshipful The Mayor of
(Councillor )
The Mayors Parlor
Town Hall

Dear Mr/Madame Mayor, (Change as required)

Respectfully Yours,

Joe Bloggs

Note that if in a City the Mayor is Worshipful in his/her own rights (The Rt. Worshipful), otherwise the Mayor is appointed as worshipful (The Worshipful). Also note that the Mayors forename is NEVER used (extremely rude to call the Mayor by his/her first name in public) and even if you know the Mayor you always end the letter with Respectfully yours (irrespective of gender or location)

bpb89

Joined on Thu, Dec 23 2004

England, UK

New Member (01)

Genders, Yours sincerely

Guest

#63866 Tue, 28 Dec 04 06:37 PM

for "To whom it may concern" letter......yours faithfully or yours sincerely should be used???
thanks a lot!!

Guest

Whom, Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely

Guest

#77241 Mon, 28 Feb 05 12:29 PM

Hello,

I found this through google.com, i'm writing a letter to complain about a bad train journey.

To make everyone who doesn't have english as their mother tongue feel better, I do, I'm english by birth and have lived in england all my life yet I still don't know how to end my letter!

I agree with most of the above, at work via email it's always "(With) Best regards" for colleagues no matter where they are in the world.

These days it seems there are no hard and fast rules, I personally don't know anyone in europe who would take offence if you addressed them wrongly at the end of the letter.

Personally I think the most important part is how you address them at the start of the letter, get the Miss/Mrs/Mr/Dr part correct.

Guest