Ending to the formal letter!

[Martina Durisova]

Which ending should I use in the formal letter when I use " Dear Manager" as greeting.
Should I use Yours faithfully/ Yours sincerelly. I did not use the name so I think I should use the first one?

[Gillnetter]

Which ending should I use in the formal letter when I use " Dear Manager" as greeting.
Should I use Yours faithfully/ Yours sincerelly. I did not use the name so I think I should use the first one?

This is a matter of preference. Whether you use a name or not is not the most important consideration, the form of the letter is more important. I use "Sincerely yours".

[5jj]

For me, "Dear Manager" is not an appropriate salutation. It shoud be either 'Dear Sir/Dear Madam' or 'Dear Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs Name'

[emsr2d2]

For me, "Dear Manager" is not an appropriate salutation. I shoud be either 'Dear Sir/Dear Madam' or 'Dear Mr/Ms/Miss/Mrs Name'

I agree entirely. "Dear Manager" is very impersonal and looks as if you could not be bothered to find out their name. If you really don't know the name then "Dear Sir" or "Dear Madam" is appropriate.

It's possible that the following is no longer observed, but when I was doing my typing and secretarial course, I was told:

Dear Sir/Madam - Yours faithfully
Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms + surname - Yours sincerely

[tedtmc]

Traditionally,
Yours faithfully - formal, impersonal
Yours sincerely - informal, personal

I think there is less distinction between the two these days in formal letters.

not a teacher

[5jj]

Traditionally,
Yours faithfully - formal, impersonal
Yours sincerely - informal, personal

'Yours sincerly' is not really informal though it is more personal - as emsrd said , it is used when we address someone by name.

[emsr2d2]

'Yours sincerely' is not really informal though it is more personal - as emsrd said , it is used when we address someone by name.

As I said, things may have changed since I was formally taught this, but certainly when I was doing my course, "Yours sincerely" was the formal ending to a letter provided you had used the addressee's name.

The only informal endings (which were discouraged in a formal letter, of course) were "Yours", "Regards" and nothing at all between the final paragraph and your signature.