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Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:52:10 GMT

The convention in letter writing is simply this:

If you don't know the name of the person you are writing to (maybe it is a letter of complaint to the head of a business or organisation) and you are beginning the letter Dear Sir or Madam, then you should sign off Yours faithfully.

If you do know the person by name, and start the letter Dear Mr or Mrs ***, then you should sign off Yours sincerely.

In email, the sign off can be much more informal, such as Best wishes or Kind regards.

I hope that helps?Â

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

Little Cloud — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:05:48 GMT

Hi.

Last week I sent a fax to a hotel in London in order to book a room and I addressed the letter to such Mrs. X with whom I exchange some e-mails in preceding days.

So, I knew the name of the person I was writing to, but not personally.

I began the letter writing: Dear Mrs. X

and ended with: Yours sincerely

Did I do the right choice?

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

Janet M — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:52:08 GMT

To Anonymous who wrote the following:

"I think it boils down to present day - we are all becoming very lazy with grammer and letter writing because we are in such a hurry to get everything done both in business and in leisure. You only have to look at the way children use the mobile phone text messages and that says it all. Who is going to teach proper english (if there will be such a thing in 30 years when we are shortening all the words in the sentence for speed, how will today's educated (I choose the word loosley) be able to teach English in the years ahead?"

Proper English???

Firstly, you should spell "loosley" properly.

May I ask , how exactly you define "proper English"? Did Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton or Austen (for example) speak proper English? I'm sure you would have to say yes - unless you believe you speak or write more eloquently or "properly" than some of the greatest masters of the English language. I am not (of course) speaking about the form of their writing, but their lexicon and syntax (and what we can assume about their pronunciation). Are you also saying that Chaucer and Shakespeare (along with their contemporaries) could not spell? Every language is constantly developing and changing, in every way.

I am still wondering how you define "proper" English? Or should I say when you define "proper" English? Clearly "proper" English must have suddenly occured in the period in which you were educated.

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:02:27 GMT

Hi, I was always told when I attended my PITMAN Shorthand School that if you started your letter with Dear Fred ( because you were familiar with the person you were writing to ) - you signed off withYours sincerely and when your letter started Dear Sir (being a business letter and you were unfamilar with the recipient) you signed off with Yours faithfully, and below the sign off the words: 'for and on behalf of: FRED BLOGS COMPANY' or 'for: FRED BLOGS COMPANY'.

I think it boils down to present day - we are all becoming very lazy with grammer and letter writing because we are in such a hurry to get everything done both in business and in leisure. You only have to look at the way children use the mobile phone text messages and that says it all. Who is going to teach proper english (if there will be such a thing in 30 years when we are shortening all the words in the sentence for speed, how will today's educated (I choose the word loosley) be able to teach English in the years ahead?

NEEDS HELP!! to check if this letter is correct!!

Ahyaya — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:46:07 GMT

Hi All,

I need HELP!

Following is a covering letter writing to one of the new staff whom we wrote him a welcome letter before, but use a wrong title. Now am writing a cover letter to explain wrong title being used in previous letter and is now replacing a revised one to him.

Dear ----,

With reference to my letter dated _______, please accept our apologies that we have, by mistakes, put your title wrongly as Area Director of Marketing. We are now enclosing the revised letter with your correct title âArea Director of Sales & Marketingâ for your attention.

Sorry for any confusion caused.

Best regards,

***

I need this to be amended within next 5 hours.... PLEASE>.... Thank you.

Ahyaya

Re: questions for the moderators and frequent posters

nona the brit — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:52:21 GMT

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the compliments. Yes, we are all volunteers. I don't think I want to admit how much time I spend here but for me it is a way to relax. I work for myself from home and I don't have anyone to go and have a coffee break with, so when I want to take a break for ten minutes or so I come over here. It's that or wander away from my office and end up just watching TV for the rest of the day (naughty!). We all come and help out here to varying degrees. Some people can do a lot and others can only help now and then, but it's all appreciated.

We're happy for anyone to have a go at anwering the questions. You'll notice that a lot of the learners will also answer questions and it's a useful exercise for them and it's good that they can help each other. Sometimes we end up with quite a few conflicting answers but eventually it always seems to get sorted out.

Those of us who are regulars or moderators are not all English teachers. In fact I do not know what a couple of the moderators do, we do chat 'back-stage', but not always about our real lives in much detail. However, I believe that one of us is an editor, and I know that two of us are copywriters. It naturally does tend to attract people with a strong interest in language use.

When a really proficient person pops up and starts helping out we all get very excited and we hope they keep visiting regularly. We do our best to encourage these people and keep an eye on them with regards to 'promotions'. As a proficient English user, and editor, you and your 'other perspective' would be very welcome. We certainly wouldn't feel as if you were treading on our toes. We get utterly swamped with posts sometimes and can't answer everybody.

If you really want to make yourself useful, you could look at the letter writing section for us. At this time of year we get many motivation letters to check and it is difficult to keep on top of them all.

Thanks, and welcome to the forum!

Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct

Goodman — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:08:43 GMT

To me, the formality in letter writing has lost itâs place and no one in the new generation seems to really know what is proper and what isnât anymore. Everyone is using Outlook for business and copies the greetings and pastes them onto the next e-mail, at least it seems that way!

I have never come across âYours faithfullyâ in my 15 years in the business. Occasionally, Iâd see ârespectfullyâ and more commonly âSincerelyâ but the most abused is âwarm regardsâ or âbest regardsâ. We hardly know each other. How warm can it be?

Re: Individual Sponsorship Letter Writing (Help Dearly Needed)

NataliaJ — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:15:36 GMT

An additional note:

It seems that I posted before signing in, so do know that I have an account: NataliaJ. Also, I do have a list of potential sponsors, so there wont be any problem with that. I gave most of the information that I plan to include in the letter, just let me know how I can place it or write it, what I can add to make the reader interested.

People that Im planning to get donations from are businesses like my dentists (who probably wouldnt mind an advertisement to take credit for my smile), Juice Plus and Sun Rider (online supplement stores that I buy from weekly), JRP (the company that holds all the make-up appliance, hair styling and modeling classes), Savvy Hair Salon (where I buy most of my hair products and my hair trims and styling), O.K. hair salon (another place I get hair-related things), The Jon Gordon Companies, Inc.(an Energy building company, he wrote books like the 10-minute energy solution and inspired my platform), Beautifully Modest (an evening gown company that I do love very much), Shades (a clothes line that I buy from online), then the rest of the list is my dads company, Henrys Food Market, and other places that I buy from for supplies.

So the letter will be targeted towards them.

Thank you so much for all your help, I cannot wait to recieve all the help I can get to get the most benefit from the letters. I know that I can not do as good of a job without your help!

Kindest Regards,

Natalia Jones

sponsor letter

Maggi — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:28:34 GMT

We are artists/painters, with no funds and we are expecting to have a many more artists in our organization.

So we want to write a letter to the different companies asking for a sponsors/support. I need your help on how to write such a letter or please send me a sample of a sponsorship letter.

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Forum: Letter writing (general & business English)
Posted: Apr 19, 8:59 PM [GMT 1]
Post Subject: help with letter
Post author: NhanDinh

Hello:

I'm trying to write this as a cover letter. I would love it to be a cover letter. I don't know how to fix it for it to be more readable and understandable.

Thank you for your help.

I am writing in regards to my interest in your advertised Production Test Specialist position, job number GA7470201. Previously, I worked at DataPath Inc. as an Electrical/Mechanical Assembler Tech. As an assembler, I wired and installed electrical panel, and terminated cables for proper connection to use in a compact trailer-based earth terminal that delivers secure, robust communications at the battalion level for communications on the quick halt (COTQH). I am also familiar with 12Volt battery and battery relay. Furthermore, I used function generator, oscilloscope analyzer, and digital multi-meter regularly in the technology lab at our University. During my academic years, I have learned and experienced multi-tasks and knowledge of engineering concepts, practices, and procedures. With my experience and knowledge, I feel that I am highly qualified for the position.

Iâll be graduating from Southern Polytechnic State University with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. I am proficient in Assembly Language, VHDL, MatLab, MathCad, and LabView. I also have strong understanding in circuit analysis. I am an expert in multi-tasking, performing various electrical and mechanical duties.

Re: Please give me some advice for my letter writing!

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:39:07 GMT

hello,

i am a writer and i want to write for publishing houses. For which i want to send them offer letter so that they should give me a chance to write for them. I am also willing to write for website on projects. i am looking forward for a opening letter.

please help

my email Id aditiban@rediffmail.com

regards aditi