How to end a letter that starts 'To Whom It May Concern'?

Question

Should it end with..
Yours Sincerely, Yours Faithfully or Yours Truly?

Answer 1

It should be yours faithfully. This should always be the ending when you have not used a name (ie dear sir/madam, to whom it may concern etc).
Yours sincerely should only be used when you have used a name initially (ie dear mr smith or dear michael etc).
Yours truly should be used only on a personal letter, when you are aquainted with the person.

Answer 2

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How to end a letter that starts 'To Whom It May Concern'?
Should it end with..
Yours Sincerely, Yours Faithfully or Yours Truly?

Answer 3

"To Whom It May Concern" -
This is the normal way to start off a testimonial. Therefore, all you do is sign your name & type your full name & title underneath, your signature. Don't forget to date it as normal. You do not even put Dear Sir, or Dear Madam, etc. Just create a heading, with the full name, full address, date of birth, of the person for whom you are writing the testimonial. You DO NOT use yours faithfully, yours truly, regards, or anything under the body of what you have written.

lf you want, you can do a covering letter, enclosing the testimonial. This letter would be addressed to the person who asked you for the testimonial. This letter would finish as normal, using "Yours sincerely".

A testimonial is given to the person who has asked for it. I have been given testamonials (both character and employment ones) - My boss, or the referee concerned, usually gave me 2 or 3 original signed copies. If for some reason, you did not get an original back - then you have copies. Normally a testimonial is copied, sent with an application & the original taken with you to an interview, so it can be checked out as an original. Testimonials are valuable. I've probably given you too much info as your question implies it is you who is writing it.

Answer 4

'Yours sincerely' is the correct way to end a formal letter in UK etiquette as I understand it. 'Yours faithfully' is for use on letters between friends, as, I believe, is 'Yours truly'. That last one could well be an Americanism though, which would explain why it often turns up as a short cut on Microsoft Word ;)

Answer 5

Depends on the context of your letter.
If you are complaining then "yours sincerely" says you are being honest and sincere within your letter, if you are writing to somebody that you need to show loyalty to then"faithfully" will do.

Answer 6

The two S's shouldn't go together, so Dear Sir = yours Faithfully, so dear Mr X, to whom it may concern etc are all Yours Sincerely. Yours Truly should not be used in formal correspondence, just to your sweetie-pie, to whom you intend to be true!

Answer 7

You would put yours faithfully...yours sincerely is put when you start your letter with a persons name.

Answer 8

Yours Sincerely (or Sincerely Yours) seems to be the most used today.

I just saw Nanny's answer - that seems better for a "To Whom It May Concern" letter.

Answer 9

Sincerely yours or yours faithfully, or informally kind regards

Answer 10

Yours Sincerely