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As a trained teacher of English as a foreign language (TEFL), the rules are still the same as they were when I left school (50 years ago!). The valedition "Yours faithfully" is used in cases where the salutation is "Dear Sir" or "Dear Madam" . The valedition...

We had it drilled into our heads that "regards" was a salutation and "in regard to" was proper for direction to a subject. So it is disturbing to hear it misued commonly, today.

Where I went to school I was taught (& the meanings of the words make it seem logical) that "Yours truly," is the correct response for a business saluation (i.e. the information is true), whereas "Yours sincerely," is correct for a personal salutation when corresponding...

Respected..., I am an Indian, aged 37 years - I'm a MALE.I got your e-mail address during my search for a pen-friend for improving my English.I had sent a message to your mail address too, a couple of days back, before I get myself approved here.I also wish to learn French, German and Spanish.I...

But seriously I think that there is a tonal issue to salutations. Let's ask the question of whether this is appropriate. I am a native English speaker who didn't pay much attention to this until I grew up and got into business. For example, when I talk to people from the UK over time I see this...

Should the first letter of a salutation as in "Kind regards" be capitalised? I was taught in secretarial school (many years ago), that salutations e.g. 'yours sincerely', 'yours faithfully' and 'kind regards' ... should not be capitalised at all.

Dear Friends, I'm looking for a proper salutation of my e-mail. It's an enquiry about company's services. I don't know anything about recipient (support@address.com). "Dear Sir/Madam" seems too formal for this certain case. What less formal variants could also be used, if any? Thanks in...

OK darlin’ that’s not too difficult. I’m not very old but I’ve been lucky to read some helpful books and to have attended a couple of great job getting’ workshops. This is what I’ve been told regarding references and letters of recommendation. First, think about the next step in your career....

Hi, I reckon it’s a good letter but it sounds like you’re offering your general/special competencies to an employer without researching their business or the job. Maybe the layout and salutation isn’t so important but I’d find a MS Word template, or an equivalent, on the web. Dear Mr Burke,...