father_and_son
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Expanding a little... You can only be "sincere" if you name the person. It would be "Yours faithfully" if you don't name them in the salutation.
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Expanding a little... You can only be "sincere" if you name the person. It would be "Yours faithfully" if you don't name them in the salutation.
Personal emails, I would have said there are very few rules.
Business emails. Hi would only be appropriate if you were already on friendly terms. There is no issue with "kind regards". I always use "best regards". Yours faithfully or yours sincerely are a bit open to ridicule in an email.
Love and kisses,
Trevor
Business emails. Hi would only be appropriate if you were already on friendly terms. There is no issue with "kind regards". I always use "best regards". Yours faithfully or yours sincerely are a bit open to ridicule in an email.
Love and kisses,
Trevor
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10/10, you obviously passed your English O Level.
I can't see the problem with 'Hi X'. E-Mail is not a letter, If writing out directly to a customer I could see the need to write in the style of a letter, however E-Mail is a lot less informal, would you continue writing in letter format in a text message? It wouldn't suit the purpose.
Where I work even when writing to directors Hi is the common start to most E-Mails. However I agree on Kind Regards, however thats more personal taste.
Where I work even when writing to directors Hi is the common start to most E-Mails. However I agree on Kind Regards, however thats more personal taste.
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I always remembered that as "Never put Sir, with Sincerely"
father_and_son
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Teenagers don't use email!
Whatsapp/Kik/Snapchat and similar instant messaging only these days.
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Mattywerewolf
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Spell check or intended phrase?
ringmerseagulltoo
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I wouldn't say 'Hi', so I don't write 'hi', I put 'hello', but that is just me. In that sense I regard emails more as written speech than a letter.
Having said that, what really irritates me is lack of punctuation or paragraphs. Both are intended to make the text clearer. Not using them is both lazy and offensive. The writer is effectively saying that his microsecond of time that it would take to include them, is more important than the reader's convenience.
The above two paragraphs may be a contradiction however.
Having said that, what really irritates me is lack of punctuation or paragraphs. Both are intended to make the text clearer. Not using them is both lazy and offensive. The writer is effectively saying that his microsecond of time that it would take to include them, is more important than the reader's convenience.
The above two paragraphs may be a contradiction however.
Murray 17
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What bugs me about emails is when people begin with 'Dear All'. Do they think a group of people will be huddled together listening to one person reading it?
If you consider the etiquette for a letter, it is 'Dear ...', because that particular letter is going to a particular person. If you 'CC' lots of people on an email it makes sense to write 'Hi', or else you would have to list all the names separated with '/' s.
If you consider the etiquette for a letter, it is 'Dear ...', because that particular letter is going to a particular person. If you 'CC' lots of people on an email it makes sense to write 'Hi', or else you would have to list all the names separated with '/' s.
Lord Bracknell
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I recently had to email someone called Jo. I started off with 'Hi Jo', but then realising that may sound a bit informal, changed it to 'Dear Jo'. I then wrote the rest of the email, clicked send, only to realise that I had written 'Hi Dear'
Always check before sending. In the era of letters, did you ever dither between 'yours sincerely' and 'yours faithfully' and end up with 'yours sinfully'?
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Nathan
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It has been known for me on email to dither between Kind regards and Best regards, and on a few occasions have gone with Kind retards.
pasty
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I usually sign off with "Thnaks and regards"
And yes, that is a deliberate typo above because 9 times out of 10 that is what I usually end up typing
And yes, that is a deliberate typo above because 9 times out of 10 that is what I usually end up typing
Always 'Hi' for personal e-mails. What else would you use?
For work ones never 'Hi', and I don't like 'Hello'. I nearly always use 'Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening' (though I really must endeavour to desist from sending work e-mails in the evening).
Sign off 'Cheers' for mates, and 'Best regards' for work. As per [MENTION=15377]Nathan[/MENTION] above, have been known to send the odd 'Best retards'. The G and the T on the keypad (especially if typing on the phone), are dangerously close together!
For work ones never 'Hi', and I don't like 'Hello'. I nearly always use 'Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening' (though I really must endeavour to desist from sending work e-mails in the evening).
Sign off 'Cheers' for mates, and 'Best regards' for work. As per [MENTION=15377]Nathan[/MENTION] above, have been known to send the odd 'Best retards'. The G and the T on the keypad (especially if typing on the phone), are dangerously close together!