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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:11 am   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Hi all,

I am not sure which is correct, but I often see some people end a formal letter with
"Yours sincerely", while some "Your sincerely".

Is there difference between "Yours sincerely" and "Your sincerely"?
Which is the correct one?

Please help clarify!

Thank you

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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:12 am   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Hi,
If u know someone to whom u write,u must use "Yours sincerely".
If not,"Yours faithfully".
Regards,
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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 04, 2009 17:45 pm   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Morteza wrote:
Hi,
If u know someone to whom u write,u must use "Yours sincerely".
If not,"Yours faithfully".
Regards,
Morteza


Thanks for the help, Morteza!

I wonder if there are alternatives (other good words)
to "Yours sincerely" when writing to someone I know,
say my teacher, the headmaster of my previous school.

Thanks!

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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 04, 2009 21:30 pm   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Morteza wrote:
Hi,
If u know someone to whom u write,u must use "Yours sincerely".
If not,"Yours faithfully".
Regards,
Morteza


Hi Morteza,

Can you please do yourself and others a favor and spell the word 'u' correctly? Is this especially important when you answer other forum users' grammar and vocabulary questions because they are here to improve their English. When they constantly see words spelled incorrectly they will pick up the incorrect spelling and start making those mistakes too.

Many thanks,
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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #5 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:48 am   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Hi Kwfine,

The usual practice is to end a letter with 'Yours sincerely' if you have started with the person's name as in: Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms Jones'. If you don't know the name of the person to whom you are writing and address them as: Dear Sir/Madam', you would end the letter: 'Yours faithfully'.

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"Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely" #6 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:30 am   "Yours sincerely" or "Your sincerely"
 

Dear Moterza,
Thank you very much for your useful lessions. I d like to ask you what is differrent between material, equipment and tool. How do I use these words. Thanks so much

Yours sincerely,
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