Comments on: “Dear Sir” and Other Business Conventions http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Daniela http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-90440 Daniela Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:56:24 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1362#comment-90440 Sorry, Steven, but that is not quite the case... Those are conventions, not heartfelt messages... Sorry, Steven, but that is not quite the case… Those are conventions, not heartfelt messages…

]]> By: Steven Kirk http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-88295 Steven Kirk Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:01:48 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1362#comment-88295 I think its simple. If you are telling your correspondent something then you would end with "yours sincerely" as you are meaning just what you say sincerely. If you are asking, requesting or perhaps inteding to gain hope or favour, then I would end with " Yours Faithfully" or I have faith in your integrity to understand my meaning or my intent. I think its simple.

If you are telling your correspondent something then you would end with “yours sincerely” as you are meaning just what you say sincerely.

If you are asking, requesting or perhaps inteding to gain hope or favour, then I would end with ” Yours Faithfully” or I have faith in your integrity to understand my meaning or my intent.

]]> By: G. Snoad http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-86390 G. Snoad Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:47:44 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1362#comment-86390 Please can you clarify for me the convention concerning Yours faithfully? In the formal Dear Sir/s sense, is the signing off written as "Yours faithfully" or "Yours Faithfully" with a capitalised "F" Please can you clarify for me the convention concerning Yours faithfully?

In the formal Dear Sir/s sense, is the signing off written as “Yours faithfully” or “Yours Faithfully” with a capitalised “F”

]]> By: madan http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-85924 madan Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:35:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1362#comment-85924 can we use to start a letter .. Dear Madam, for ladies you know or dont know??? confused kanti can we use
to start a letter ..

Dear Madam,

for ladies you know or dont know???
confused
kanti

]]> By: Frank Darroch http://www.dailywritingtips.com/dear-sir-and-other-business-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-85045 Frank Darroch Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:32:20 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1362#comment-85045 hi in your tutorial you said that when signing a letter you end with yours faithfully if you do not know the person, and yours sincerley if you know their name. in your sample letter for a job application your writer knows the name of the recipient but sigs of yours faithfully which one is correct? hi in your tutorial you said that when signing a letter you end with yours faithfully if you do not know the person, and yours sincerley if you know their name. in your sample letter for a job application your writer knows the name of the recipient but sigs of yours faithfully which one is correct?

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