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yours truly... yours sincerely?

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belgo · 21/12/2011 16:20

How should a bank director end an email to his/her employees?

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belgo · 21/12/2011 16:27

please?

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Dustinthewind · 21/12/2011 16:28

Yours sincerely if the letter is addressed to a named individual, yours faithfully if it's a dear sir/madame letter.

belgo · 21/12/2011 16:29

when is yours truly used?

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OldLadyKnowsSantaClaus · 21/12/2011 16:31

I was taught "faithfully" if the letter started "Dear Sir/Madam" and "sincerely" if it was addressed to Mr X or Miss/Mrs/Ms Y. So I suppose if it's a sort of round robin "faithfully" would be the more appropriate. Also depends on the tone of the email, "truly" would be fine if it's a but informal.

FlamingoBingo · 21/12/2011 16:31

Yours truly is for love letters Wink

Hassledge · 21/12/2011 16:32

I have a violent objection to "yours truly". I can't think of any circumstance is which it is appropriate.

belgo · 21/12/2011 16:35

Yes that's what I thought of 'yours truly'.

I think it's strange having it at the end of an email from a work email address.

Shall I suggest to her to use Yours sincerely? english isn't her first language.

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starfishmummy · 21/12/2011 16:42

If the recipient is named, then it should be Yours Sincerely as dust said.

belgo · 21/12/2011 17:01

thank you.

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