By American English, Yours sincerely

MrPedantic wrote: Hello Anon "Yours truly" is mostly used in American English, so I'm not too sure. Maybe a passing AmE will let us know. MrP Passing American here. Having spent most of my day today drafting business letters (dunning letters, actually), I can honestly say I have never...

Hello Anon "Yours truly" is mostly used in American English, so I'm not too sure. Maybe a passing AmE will let us know. MrP

Hello Cateran Both are correct in British English. But if you omit the comma after "Dear Mr Smith", you should also omit it after "Yours sincerely". It may be different in American English. MrP

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...

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...

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