In Difference between^x, Yours faithfully^x

"Yours" means "belonging to you" and thus both of the examples you quote is correct, although the latter "this watch of yours" is more colloquial and would be regarded by some as poor English, even though it is widely used. The word may also be used in letter as in...

Dear MsI'd really appreciate your reply to my first letter. But in the sentence: "The news that he won surprised us all." that he won- is the noun clause;according to one of the website on the Internet. In the sentence "The fact that the earth is round is obvious." that the earth is round'-is a...

There's not a real difference between them. They're both American ways of ending commercial letters...British people would use "Yours faithfully" Chiara

Hi, I seem to remember (and it was quite emphatically put) in school that the difference between "Yours sincerely" and "Yours faithfully" in written mails was that the former was the complement of "Dear Mr/Mrs ***" whereas the latter was the complement of "Dear Sir/Madam" and that, in an English...

Could anyone give me a hand to check the letter? Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Dear Sir/Madam, I am a Chinese student who wishes to study a master degree in your university next semester. I would like to inquiry some information as to studying in the university. First of...

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...

Dear friends, I think both authors are a little bit off coherence and the appropriate style for this kind of letters. I am not sure about technicalities, but the framework, in my opinion, should be as follows:1) Opening2) Statement of the purpose3) Details4) Actions to be taken5) Closing6)...

Dear nona the brit or MountainHiker, Could you please help me with my cover letter? I am in France now and it's sad but I can't find here anybody who speaks English good enough to help me :( That's why I am asking you to give me a hand. I did my best but I still have many doubts if my cover...