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51533 Fri, 22 Oct 04 11:51 AM
Dear all,
is there anybody who might be able to tell me the difference of "Yours sincerely" and "Sincerely yours"? Is it a difference between British English and American English?
I am looking forward to reading your ideas,
Alexander
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5 yr 93 days ago
Hello dear readers,
well I am glad my question so complicated, nobody could answer.
At last I was not totally wrong signing my letters with "Yours sincerely".
Yours sincerely,
Alexander
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54677 Thu, 11 Nov 04 03:11 AM
you should post your question in the "free english grammar help" forum.you could get an answer there from a moderator.
my opinion is that both are the same.
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54680 Thu, 11 Nov 04 03:23 AM
Alexander
I've just checked some letters I received from English and American Universities,sending me their prospectus.
The letters from UK are signed with "yours sincerely" and these from the USA are signed with "sincerely".
I hope this will help...
bluefish
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54782 Thu, 11 Nov 04 05:12 PM
if you know the name of the person with whom you write then it is "sincerely yours", if not it is "yours sincerely"
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nona the brit
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54954 Fri, 12 Nov 04 03:53 PM
In British English that is incorrect.
If you know the name use Yours sincerely; if you do not know the name use Yours faithfully.
We have covered the Yours sincerely/Sincerely yours topic before and came to the conclusion that the first is British English word order and the second is American English word order.
nona the brit
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The name says it all.
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Anonymous
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4 yr 205 days ago
one is formal and one is informal love jessica beach
Anonymous
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3 yr 360 days ago
Though both are one and the same, the latter shows little more intimacy.
Anonymous
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3 yr 125 days ago
my english teacher (she was from the uk) taught us to avoid "sincerely yours" and to use only "yours sincerely", because "sincerely yours" sounded too much like "all yours"...
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