http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aExclamation+marks+tag%3aYours+faithfullySearch results for 'tag:Exclamation marks tag:Yours faithfully' matching tags 'Exclamation marks' and 'Yours faithfully'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)http://www.englishforums.com/English/YoursSincerelyFaithfully/4/bzccn/Post.htm#108711Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:21:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:108711GuestYours faithfully/sincerely always strikes me as being the wrong way around. Surely you can only be faithful to someone you know. However, you can be sincere whether you know the person or not. I suppose it means that my letter is faithful to the truth, but that's not the predominant usage of faithful these days. <br /> <br />I always get a bit edgy when 'they' say that this is the way that things 'should' be done. Why? Who made you boss of the English language? The reason that English lives and grows as a language is because it changes. Otherwise we'd all be talking like Chaucer. To my mind there are onlt two rules to English usage: write what you mean in as short and clear a way as possible, and never use multiple exclamation marks at the end of a sentence. (In fact, never use exclamation marks, you probably don't need it.) <br /> <br />Now, will somebody please point out all the spelling and gramatical errors I've just made in this rant.