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Added: September 2003 |
Comments:
| Stunz - 25th September 2003 02:18
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| But how well do we know her; what are we writing to her about; and don't we usually dispense with the commas after "sincerely" or "faithfully" in modern business correspondence?
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| tdol - 25th September 2003 17:53
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| The comas can be left out. I'd use 'sincerely' with a name regardless of how wel I know them. If I wanted to use 'love', then I'd normally be on first names terms. ;-)
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| tdol - 1st November 2003 18:04
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| I meant 'commas'. ;-(
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| Joan - 24th November 2003 23:13
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| What's so wrong with the comma?
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| colyn - 19th February 2004 14:45
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Dear Mrs Hasan
You are the worst employee I have ever had in my department. You are fired.
Love
H.D. Smith (Manager)
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| Thornton - 13th November 2006 16:58
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| Must be sincerely. Anything else would be too personal. If you're calling her Mrs., you woldn't sign it love.
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| intrepid - 15th November 2006 16:30
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| For 50 years I have used "Sincerely yours," for all formal communication. It is a standard use in the USA. When the "Yours" is placed first, it implies a personal knowledge of the addressee.
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| Winston - 19th November 2006 13:24
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| That's different from British English, where the distinction is on whether we use a name or not, and not whether we know them or not.
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| Jenny - 27th January 2008 13:04
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| faithfully is used when using Sir or Madam - love is personal
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