"Yours sincerely" "Sincerely yours"

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	Guest  #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    Guest
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	Guest  #54344  Tue, 09 Nov 04 01:20 PM 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    Guest
Yours sincerely

	bluefish  #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.    bluefish Joined on Fri, Nov 5 2004 New Member (25)
Yours sincerely, Grammar, English grammar

	bluefish  #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
Universities, Yours sincerely

	belldandy29  #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"    belldandy29 Joined on Thu, Nov 11 2004 New Member (06)
Yours sincerely, Whom

	nona the brit  #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 Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member (11,353) The name says it all.
Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, British English, American English, Word order

	Anonymous  #119782  Wed, 20 Jul 05 10:08 AM one is formal and one is informal love jessica beach    Anonymous
Yours sincerely

	Anonymous  #196967  Wed, 15 Feb 06 07:47 AM Though both are one and the same, the latter shows little more intimacy.     Anonymous
Yours sincerely

	Anonymous  #277602  Sun, 08 Oct 06 02:22 AM 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"...    Anonymous
Yours sincerely