Rete

> Standard business procedure I have used for more years than I care to
> remember.
> Sirs and Faithfully for people you do not know
> Sir etc/Name and Sincerley for people you do know.
> Truly to me sounds too informal for business correspondence.
> Just wondered what normal US Business practice was.

Our lawyers in our firm use Very truly yours or Sincerely

Saluation is either Dear Mr. Smith; Ms. Smith or if the person is known,
Dear Mark or Mary

For form letters it is Ladies and Gentlemen

Boiler

> My macro for the signature is "VTY"
> For many years I struggled over what saluation to use to as to not
> offend either the PC or non-PC crowd or, the Almighty forbid, mixing
> gender. I finally settled on "greetings" -- my father may have joked
> about a "personal letter from President Roosevelt" but when I turned
> 18, such letters were not from President Johnson and were not really
> personalized.

Sounds good.

VTY it will be.

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Hcj1440

> Interesting.
> I would have gone with:
> Dear Sirs,
> and
> Yours faithfully.
> I take it that this is the US terminlogy for this situation?

This is what I was taught in California public school:

For people you don't know:
"Dear Sir or Madam:" or "To whom it may concern:" depending on situation

When you know the specific addressee, but not well:
"Dear Mr. Smith:"

When you know the person and want to strike a more informal tone:
"Dear John:"

Was never aware that the sign off should be different depending on how
well you know the person, was taught the basics ("sincerely yours,"
"best regards," etc.) but told to use "Sincerely" if in any doubt.

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Fatbrit

> Yours faithfully? Is this a love letter to the CIS :-)

It's an American/Britsh English difference:

In an American English letter that opens with Dear Mr. Caldwell or Dear
Sir or Madam, the complimentary close could be Yours truly or Very truly
yours. For an informal closing, Cordially or Best regards is
appropriate. If the salutation is Dear Bill, proper closings include
Sincerely, Cordially, and With warmest regards. A British English letter
that opens with Dear Sir or Madam has the complementary close of Yours
faithfully and where the person is named in the salutation of a business
letter (such as Dear Mr Caldwell or even Dear Bill) the correct closing
is Yours sincerely (This is never shortened to sincerely). Less formal
letters in British English may close in a similar fashion to those in
American English.
Source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Letter_writing

Of course, when in Rome...

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Boiler

> It's an American/Britsh English difference:
> In an American English letter that opens with Dear Mr. Caldwell or
> Dear Sir or Madam, the complimentary close could be Yours truly or
> Very truly yours. For an informal closing, Cordially or Best regards
> is appropriate. If the salutation is Dear Bill, proper closings
> include Sincerely, Cordially, and With warmest regards. A British
> English letter that opens with Dear Sir or Madam has the complementary
> close of Yours faithfully and where the person is named in the
> salutation of a business letter (such as Dear Mr Caldwell or even Dear
> Bill) the correct closing is Yours sincerely (This is never shortened
> to sincerely). Less formal letters in British English may close in a
> similar fashion to those in American English.
> Source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Letter_writing
> Of course, when in Rome...

Complicated enough without bringing the Italians into it.

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Hcj1440

> It's an American/Britsh English difference:
> In an American English letter that opens with Dear Mr. Caldwell or
> Dear Sir or Madam, the complimentary close could be Yours truly or
> Very truly yours. For an informal closing, Cordially or Best regards
> is appropriate. If the salutation is Dear Bill, proper closings
> include Sincerely, Cordially, and With warmest regards. A British
> English letter that opens with Dear Sir or Madam has the complementary
> close of Yours faithfully and where the person is named in the
> salutation of a business letter (such as Dear Mr Caldwell or even Dear
> Bill) the correct closing is Yours sincerely (This is never shortened
> to sincerely). Less formal letters in British English may close in a
> similar fashion to those in American English.
> Source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Letter_writing
> Of course, when in Rome...

I always thought the "faithfully" in British closings had to do with
living with a monarchy for so long. Being faithful subjects of the
queen etc. Also didn't people like to sign off with "your faithful
servant" or some such, back in the day? Even if no master-servant
relationship existed.

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