Search results for 'tag:British English tag:Regards' matching tags 'British English' and 'Regards'

Re: Kind Regards or Kind regards or kind regards...?

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:14:30 GMT

Written Formula for Ending a Letter (British English)

Informal, personal (to close friends and family):

With love
Best wishes

Semi-formal / informal (emails, notes, business memos):

Kind regards
Best regards
Regards

Formal letters:

Yours sincerely
- Use when you know the addressee by name (Dear John / Dear Mr Smith). You can only be sincere with someone you know.
Yours faithfully
- Use when you don't know the persons name (Dear Sir or Madam).

Case / Capitalisation

Sentence case applies. Only capitalise the first letter of a sentence (with the exception of proper nouns and special conventions).

Punctuation

Open punctuation and mixed punctuation are common in the UK. If you begin the letter with "Dear Jane," (or "Dear Jane:" in American English), then the closing should be punctuated with a comma (e.g. "Kind regards, John"). These commas (or colon and comma in American English) would be omitted when writing a letter in open punctuation (as the line breaks make such punctuation redundant).

Re: Compounds with "non": hyphen or no hyphen?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:28 GMT

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ["non-native" in BrE]).

As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes take a hyphen (particularly where the second part of the word starts with a vowel and could lead to an erroneous pronunciation, e.g. pre-empt, co-opted). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "micro-organism" is also the preferred form, for similar reasons.

Re: how far off ?

Monalisatuan — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:55:53 GMT

Hi all,

As far as I know ,HOW FAR OFF FINISHING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HOUSE ARE WE ? is quite natural in British English .

Kind regards

Re: standard pronunciation of American or British English?

Privateenglishportal — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:39:35 GMT

Hi,

It has been my experience that students become lost when consulting dictionaries with regard to phonetic symbols as many times each one uses different phonetic symbols. This has caused much grief and I just tell my online students to stay away from it and try to spell the pronunciation out in English.

Example:

worked ( t)

played (d)

motivated (id)

Now this does become more complicated with vowel sounds and vowel sound combinations(dipthongs), but be creative!!!!!!

e.g. 'about' ( the ' ou ' is just the same as saying cow or now)

If you intend to teach English or linguistics, then by all means please continue with the phonetics. If not, save yourself some time.

Regards,

Steve Ford

Online English Teacher

Private English Portal

Re: British English and American English

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:12:14 GMT

As an online teacher of English this question comes up quite a bit. There are in fact quite a few differences between British and American English only they are not as apparent since they are both 'English'. I will give you a few examples which I explain to my students:

1. have you got? (British) vs do you have? (American)

2. on the week end(American,Canadian) vs at the weekend(British)

3. outght not (strictly British) should not (typically American, Canadian)

Regards,

Steve-Online English Teacher

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Re: In the garden is/are a cat, a dog, and a rabit.

Yoong Liat — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:43:27 GMT

Hi Teo

I hope the following will be helpful.

In BrE, it should be There is a cat and a dog.

Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book is on British English usage, the second on American English usage.

'The Right Word at the Right Time' states as follows:

There is an apple and pears for dessert.

There are apples and a pear for dessert.

'Merriam-Webster 'Guide to English Usage' states as follows:

When a compound subject follows the verb and the first element is singular, the verb may be either singular or plural.

There is a lake and several small streams.

There are a dog and a few cats in the house.

The singular construction is more common. Still, some writers insist on formal agreement and use a plural verb: There were an apartment house and a parking lot at the end of the block.

Best regards

Re: intelligent vs. smart

Uthman — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:57:48 GMT

Thank you Feebs11, thank you ScratchThat, it seems there's a difference in usage between British & American English with regard to those words,
British English there is a slight difference, while American English no difference.

Re: Doubling

Cool Breeze — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:59:14 GMT

Hi Musesun

It depends on the stress. Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable:

forgetting
letting
occurred

In interpret the stress is on the second syllable: [in'tÉ : prit]. If the stress were on the third syllable, doubling would occur: [intÉ:'prit] interpretted. Wrong, wrong! (I have seen some native speakers misspell the word like that, though. Another common mistake is targetted.)

British English is a little out of line in this regard; the letter l doubles even if the stress is on the "wrong" syllable:
travelled
travelling
labelled
labelling

Americans are consistent:
traveled
traveling
labeled
labeling

Cheers
CB

EDIT: I had to put a space before and after [ : ] to prevent a smiley from appearing!

Re: to be exacting

Grammar Geek — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:58:19 GMT

I would use "regarding" or "in regard to" instead of "as regards." I'd like to hear from British English users as well as Americans from other regions to hear their opinion of "as regards." It sounds wrong to me, but it's probably just a regional thing.

You can use idiomatic language in formal letters - I see idioms as being different from slang. You should avoid slang in formal letters, in my opinion.

You certainly can used phrasal verbs in formal letters.

Re: Interesting doubts(Nona please,give the clothing itens-Br. English ok!)

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:44:28 GMT

Hello, Nona the Brit!

Thanks a lot to reply me. And I'd like to know the answers for the clothes itens , no matter if it is in British English.

Best regards,

Maurice.