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

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Tallulah Tam  #138194  Fri, 16 Sep 05 06:43 PM

I have a friend (you know who you are) who signs herself,

As Always,

Which always leaves me guessing since she is not ALWAYS the same. Thinking [*-)]

 

 

 

  
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MrPedantic  #138292  Sat, 17 Sep 05 01:44 AM
 Anonymous wrote:

After writing to Tony Blair for the Make Poverty History campaign I was amused by his 3rd way.

Yours Ever, Tony.

So if its good enough for the PM maybe people would like to use that to avoid all the confusion.

I have a horrible feeling the PM started his letter with "Hi!".

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Anonymous  #143766  Sun, 02 Oct 05 02:36 AM
when i write to whom it may concern how I can end like yours faithfully_??
  
Mister Micawber  #143770  Sun, 02 Oct 05 03:09 AM
Close with Yours faithfully.


  
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My2sense  #158184  Sun, 13 Nov 05 06:04 PM

As was pointed out " yours faithfully " is out of style but it still is in use especially in British English. However, as was also pointed out, there are alternatives that are used in both British and American (North American) English.

1. More formal ---   Sincerely yours, Yours sincerely, or even just Sincerely

2. less formal--- Sincerely, Kind/Best/Warm regards, Regards, *Best wishes

3. informal --- Best (wishes), Regards, * Just write your name *, See you, Thanks, etc., etc.

  
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Anonymous  #170143  Thu, 15 Dec 05 02:42 PM
As nobody has mentioned it previously, i thought i'd just say that "Yours Sincerely" is used informally and "Yours faithfully" is used on things such as formal business letters. Please note the case of the two phrases (capitalisation of the S or f)
  
MrPedantic  #170287  Fri, 16 Dec 05 12:58 AM

 Anonymous wrote:
As nobody has mentioned it previously, i thought i'd just say that "Yours Sincerely" is used informally and "Yours faithfully" is used on things such as formal business letters. Please note the case of the two phrases (capitalisation of the S or f)

Poppycock, Anon.

Your spelling suggests that you write British English; in which case:

"Yours sincerely" ends a letter that begins "Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms So-and-so".

"Yours faithfully" ends a letter that begins "Dear sir/madam".

Note the capitalisation.

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Anonymous  #189549  Fri, 27 Jan 06 05:43 PM
nicely written '!!!' Wink [;)]
  
Anonymous  #220434  Fri, 28 Apr 06 02:10 AM
"love and kisses" or "hugs and kisses" are not uncommon, but these would generally only be used for family, usually an adult writing to a child or a maybe a child writing to an adult.

Adding an x to the end of an email is quite common amoung young people.   Girls will tend to do it to any friend of either sex, and some lads will tend to do it to any girl.  This does not imply an attraction.

People who do this will to add a single x all the time. eg:

... I'll see you at the weekend.

John
x

In SMS text messaging an x is often added without even a name, eg:

I'll see you at the weekend.x

I would be wary about using more than one x.  Usually three is ok from a girl, but from a lad to a girl it might mean that he fancied her.

Using any number of x's to family is fine.

  
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