In Yours sincerely^x, Yours faithfully^x

Bubeldk wrote: Reading this very long tread I think that one should conclude that if you know the person, you can use "Yours sincerely", and if you do not know the person, you should use "Yours faithfully". Some years ago, when I was taught how to write formal letters, they told me that...

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...

Just my take on it. Let's look at the structure of an e-mail or a letter for that matter. Simply said you have 3 parts. 1. opening or greeting 2. body 3. closing or ending NOTE: greeting means hello and not good-bye. As was pointed out " yours faithfully " is out of style but it still can...

Just my take on it. Let's look at the structure of an e-mail or a letter for that matter. Simply said you have 3 parts. 1. opening or greeting 2. body 3. closing or ending NOTE: greeting means hello and not good-bye. As was pointed out " yours faithfully " is out of style but it still is...

Hi Benny, Welcome to the Forum. Email is still new enough that conventions are still evolving. It's far from universally agreed that the conventions for regular, non-email business letters will simply be automatically followed in email. Email began as an informal. 'short-hand' medium, and in...

We are having a ”dispute” where I work, concerning how to end an email. My company is going into new countries like Finland. Therefore everybody in the administration has been given the chance to take an English course. During this course one teacher declaimed that you should never, never use...

Dear Teachers name, My son, *** ***, was absent on 20th and 21st Octover 2005, as he was unwell and had a high temperature/was running a fever. (Too late for them to 'grant' leave as he was already absent. You just need to notify the school that there was a good reason for absence. One...

Yes, you should use Yours sincerely if you have addressed the letter to a named person, for example Dear Mr Smith. It does not matter if you personally know that person or not, it is a matter of whether you know their name. If you are addressing to just a Dear Sir, or Dear Madam, without an...

Hello, This is basically good and I've just tidied up one or two areas for you. 14th October,2005 Dear Sir/Madam, Tag art gallery is a non-profit, artist run organization in ***, established to provide a fertile and creative environment for artists and to foster knowledge and communication...

If you know the name of the person you are addressing - e.g. if you started the letter Dear Mr... then you should end the letter Yours sincerely,... If you do not know the letter of the person you are addressing - e.g. if you started the letter Dear Sir or Madam or To Whom It May Concern, you...