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Re: Shall I write my name and address at the top right side of my Motivation Letter..?

Tanit — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:41:02 GMT

Hi Tamguatlay,

I am not Nona, and you probably won't trust me because I'm not a native speaker of English. I only wanted to share my experience, which can add something to the topic.

As an ESL student of BrE, I was taught to end a letter with "Your faithfully" when it addresses an unknown addressee (i.e., when it begins with "Dear Sir or Madam") and with "Yours sincerely" when you know his/her name (i.e., the letter begins with "Dear Mr/Ms/Miss [+surname]").

However, during my year in the UK, I saw the expression "Your faithfully" only twice, in two letters written by members of my University staff. Funnily enough, the first one began with "To whom it may concern" (another extremely rare expression ) and the second with "Miss [+ my surname]", two opening formulae I was taught NOT to use, when having classes ... none of them actually began with "Dear Sir or Madam"! Both the letters I mentioned (I've still got them) come from a University, so I'm obviously not talking about illiterate writers.

Another thing I can say is that my British teacher on the one hand strongly advised us to close formal letters in our CAE and CPE exams with "Yours faithfully" or "Yours sincerely" (depending on the circumstances) because those were the expression the examiners were looking for. On the other hand, he also warned us that these day most people, also in the UK, will close those letters with "Sincerely", "Regards", "Kind regards".

If my experience is anything to go by, what we learn sometimes can differ from what is actually done nowadays, just as Clive said.

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

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:31:29 GMT

A friend of mine sent me an email last night and ended by "My Best", her Name. I personally feel that she likes me.

I have never seen anyone end a letter or e-mail with "My Best" and have heard Academics end with "Best".

You are right MrP, it's very disconcerting when someone ends with Best and in my case its even more because she has ended it with "My Best". I'm dying to figure out what she actually meant. So, it would be great If you guys can solve the mystery of what "My Best" means. Thanks

Re: How should I write for "Price increased"?

Feebs11 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:12:48 GMT

DumpEng wrote:
Hi. I need to send a letter to inform the buyers/customers that our list price of some products must be increased due to the high foreign exchange rate and the supplier increased price as well. What should I write?

Do not make it too long, or go into too much detail.

Dear ***

Please note that we are having to make changes to our list prices. We regret this action, but it has become necessary as our suppliers have increased their charges to us, and we are also facing a problem with the high foreign exchange rate.

We very much hope this will not affect your orders from our list, and look forward to doing business with you.

Yours sincerely,

Re: "Yours sincerely" "Sincerely yours"

Clive — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:48:03 GMT

Hi,

Generally speaking, 'yours sincerely' is the standard way to end a letter. 'Sincerely yours' is a somewhat less common variant.

Let's say I receive a letter from someone I don't know.

If it ends 'Yours sincerely', this tells me nothing about the feelings of the writer.

If it ends with 'Sincerely yours', it doesn't tell me much, but it does suggest a bit that the writer is trying to 'be my pal'.

Best wishes, Clive

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

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:49:26 GMT

Kind regards is only written when writing a note or a memo - by any method (emails etc).

Yours sincerely to known addressees or yours faithfully to an unknown addressee are the the correct ways to end a letter as it is a formal method - whereas writing a note or a memo is a informal method.

Hope this ends the confusion which I see is in a lot of replies to this query.

Motivation letter ( I need some generous help)

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:37:13 GMT

Dear Madam W....,

I have been recently talking to Madam L..... from I....... about your project. She asked me to send a letter of motivation. With this correspondence, I would like to introduce myself and show my interest and motivation for your project.

I see your implementation in Switzerland as a great opportunity for my professional development, because it could allow me to implement on a larger scale what I have been doing during the last 5 years. This would mean for me to put into action a growth strategy for your products in a country where I have good connections and with products that could fit with the high standard of quality required on the Swiss medical market.

As you will notice in my Curriculum vitae, my business experience and my Master in Business and Administration have allowed me to make a precise analyse of the market requirement concerning our range of products. I have then been able to convince my Company to introduce new concepts for our customers. These new concepts have brought additional sales possibilities for an existing market/segments, improved the visibility of the Company and gain some very important Key Opinion Leader support. The development of my personal network particularly in France and in Switzerland and my colleagues in Germany made our new launches successful. Thanks to this success, we have also gained a strategic collaboration with one major Medical Device Company on our market. For sure, this close collaboration is going to end with an acquisition and the transfer of my activities to an area close to Aarau, This is the reason why I want to anticipate this acquisition and find a new project where I can continue to invest my energy and motivation.

During my last two experiences, I worked as a manager for the staff and the sales teams (about 5-7 people). Amongst other things, like the organization of the work, I was responsible for goals setting and evaluation, job interviews, writing the contracts and certifications. I enjoyed this work and so I decided to make it more professional by taking different additional trainings.

Personally, I consider myself as a dynamic, perseverant and organized person. I like to think ahead and beyond regular solutions for ordinary problems. During these last 5 years I have participated to the launch of a new company and I have really learned a lot in that period. I have not only acquired new business knowledge, but most important than that, I have learned the values of teamwork and of organization to accomplish tasks in time. I have a very good technical understanding, advanced computer skills (MS Office, CRM softwares) and a good command of English, which I have improved with a Business English Course and training at Chicago during one year. I currently work and speak in German.

I am sure that your project is a two-way road, because I can certainly offer you all of my effort and experience to bring you success and you can help me to achieve an important goal to work for a major Company.

Thank you for taking the time to consider my motivation letter. I am looking forward to hearing from you in the near future,

Yours sincerely,

How to end a letter

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:39:24 GMT

Hi,
how can I end a letter?
- Yours sincerely (very formal)
-regards
-greetings
-best wishes

Which would you choose in emails? It should not be too formal. Are there any big differences in the meaning between "greetings", "regards" and "Yours sincerely"?

Thanks in advance ;-)

Re: When to use 'Yours Sincerely, Faithfully, or Thanks'

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 09:06:41 GMT

As an expeditor, at work I spend probably 50% of my time writing to businesses.

Correspondence is about 90% email so the endings I recieve are quite curious. By and large however, it's almost always 'Kind regards' which is ultimately a friendly ending. If replying to a response that has been helpful to me, I will quite often end with 'Many thanks'.

I wouldn't use that in a letter though, in fact so long ago was it since I last wrote a letter (as against writing an email) I couldn't remember how to end it so found this forum for advice.

So why wouldn't I end a letter with 'Kind regards'? I think it's the culture of email in that they were invented to be brief or chatty and not intended to be used as a business tool. That they (emails) have now mainly superceded letters, certainly in my line of work, probably means the end of Dear Sir, Yours Faithfully etc. apart from those sent by your bank advising how much you are overdrawn once more.

Yours.......

(Now, how do I end this message correctly? )

Re: Letter writing

tam — Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:06:44 GMT

There are a few simply rules on letter writing:

1. To begin with your address (address of sender) should always be placed on the right hand side of the page, along with the date. If the letter is official then the receiver's address should on the left, below the sender's.

2. All letters should begin with Dear...., unless it is official and you do not know who you are writing to. In this case the letter can be addressed Dear Sir or Madam or To whom it may concern...

3. The first paragraph should be an introduction to the reason you are writing and the last should be a summing up and conclusion.

eg: I am writing in reference to your advertisement on the Forum on Monday 9th November......

eg: I look forward to receiving your reply..... / Please feel free to contact me for further information.....

4. You should end a letter with Yours Faithfully if you do not know the name of the person you are writing to. You should end a letter with Yours Sincerely if you know the name of the person.

There has also been alot written about letters in this forum. Check the threads from August/ September.

A very polite ending/ urgent

pieter — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 01:14:36 GMT

Friends, which would be the most polite form to end a letter to a British Council director? Can I use: My deep respect, or My deep appreciation, or just Yours sincerely?