By Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully

Yours sincerely and Yours faithfully In the UK, traditional valedictions have been mainly replaced by "Yours sincerely" or "Yours faithfully".(Do not paste and copy lengthy material without citing references-- MM) I personally feel that Kind Regards or Best Regards sounds cold...

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...

When I was at secrerarial college many years ago, the rule was that if your letter was addressed by name: 'Dear Mr. Smith', or 'Dear John Smith' you used 'Yours sincerely'. If however you addressed it more impersonally: 'Dear Sir/Madam' then you used 'Yours...

Hello, popped in at last! AS Feebs says, we still use the 'Yours faithfully' form when we are not writing to a named individual (Dear Sir or Dear Madam etc). We only use 'Yours sincerely' when we are writing to a named person. Well, formally anyway. Other less formal endings...

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...

Hi, Write your address, followed by the date, in the top right corner. Your name goes after 'Yours faithfully'. Print your name, and sign above that. Many people today prefer to use 'Yours sincerely'. Best wishes, Clive

Hi, In Canada, I'd say 'Yours faithfully' is rarely used. Everybody wants to be more friendly, I guess. Best wishes, Clive

The expression "yours faithfully" isn't old fashioned. It applies to any letter where the recipient is unknown. Hence, if you begin with Dear Sir/Madam you end with Yours Faithfully. If you know the person in a formal context, or at least their name/sex, then you write Yours...

Hi, In Canada, I usually see 'Yours sincerely'. Or variations like 'Sincerely yours' or 'Sincerely'. I seldom see 'Yours faithfully'. I never see 'Yours truly'. Best wishes, Clive

Delmobile wrote: Wow! What an informative thread! I was unaware that they used "yours faithfully" in the UK, but then I don't get out much. It sounds so quaint to me. You'd be surprised by how many BrEs would tut loudly over a "Yours faithfully" after a "Dear Tom/Dick/Tarquin", or a "Yours...