Your (best) friend

[sirapple]

I've got a question, we are correcting students' exam papers. It is a basic level exam.
One of the tasks was to write a letter to an English friend. A great deal of students have finished theirs with: Your (best) friend, .... (Mike).

We are advised not to score that expression. I know that it may not be a perfect one, but is that incorrect? Would you accept it in an informal letter?

[buggles]

Originally Posted by sirapple

I've got a question, we are correcting students' exam papers. It is a basic level exam.
One of the tasks was to write a letter to an English friend. A great deal of students have finished theirs with: Your (best) friend, .... (Mike).

We are advised not to score that expression. I know that it may not be a perfect one, but is that incorrect? Would you accept it in an informal letter?

To a native speaker, that's perfectly acceptable in an informal letter: not that anyone writes letters any more. Young people in England are more likely to email or text each other!

buggles(not a teacher)