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 Yours Sincerely, British English, Difference Between, American English

	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 11,801 The name says it all. Yours Sincerely, Yours Faithfully, British English, American English, Word Order