In British English^x, Business letters^x

No-one is saying 'needful' as an individual word is only used in Indian English. What we are saying that the idiomatic phrase 'do the needful' (the pretty-much standard phrase in Indian English meaning 'please do what is necesssary') is a feature of Indian English and is not used in other...

Dear Mr. Ericson! Do not end a salutation with an exclamation mark. In US English use a colon :, in British English use either a comma or nothing.As you are already aware, Football Club “Shahter”(Donetsk) is about to build a new 5-star stadium, which meets all official UEFA requirements and will...

Anonymous wrote:As nobody has mentioned it previously, i thought i'd just say that "Yours Sincerely" is used informally and "Yours faithfully" is used on things such as formal business letters. Please note the case of the two phrases (capitalisation of the S or f) Poppycock, Anon. Your...

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...

Three quick questions which I hope someone will be able to answer, in the context of a British English business letter: 1. Ought the date on a letter to be left or right aligned if the home address heading is right aligned? 2. Should a subject line fall before or after the salutation? I read...

Hi Greece80, But the most business letters are written in British English. Not on this side of the Atlantic. Perhaps your statement is true in Europe. But given that America dominates the world in commerce, I think most business letters are written using American English. Anyway, you have...

Thanks for your help. I have also asked this question in further forums, and all are in the same oppinion as nona the brit. But I think that nobody would say anything when I write the subject line at first. It is different from country to country. I've got also the answer, that in Amercian...