i've recently stepped into a new post that requires me to reply to alot of emails from people i haven't met that are contacting me about problems they have
i never know how to sign off...
kind regards sounds too formal
all the best too brisk
best wishes a bit well what do all these things actually mean anyway?
cheers and regards a bit brief and not warm enough.
tips please!!
2007-06-11 06:48:38 · 13 answers · asked by karaline 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
-Cordially
- Regards
- Warm regards
- Very truly yours
- Sincerely yours
- Be well
- Sincerely
- God bless
- Godspeed
- Take care
- Best wishes
- Kind regards
- Respectfully
My favorites for that type of correspondence are warm regards and best wishes
2007-06-11 06:57:45 · answer #1 · answered by Mistress Kat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best Regards Formal
2016-12-10 13:33:30 · answer #2 · answered by burnham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Regards. It's all purpose and it's what everyone else uses. This is for anyone you don't know. If it is a client you've worked with for a while, Thanks, CHeers or soemthing like that might work, but remember you boss is probably going to see this corrospondence, too. (Never assume anything is private in the workplace).
You may be their buddy, but never forget that first and foremost this is a work relationship and getting too chummy will cause you problems down the road. People have a tendancy to abuse friends in ways they never would people they work with.
SOmetimes formal is best.
2007-06-11 07:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by Cindy H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use "Sincerely" the majority of the time. Since this is at work, "sincerely" will be just formal enough. They expect formal replies anyway. Nothing fluffy. Keeps you out of trouble that way.
2007-06-11 06:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Regards
2015-04-16 13:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
best is good for brief e-mails. kind regards or best regards better for longer ones. when you make a request, you can use thanks.
For someone who it's ok to be totally informal with, or for a very short note, sometimes you can just put your name, or maybe like this:
~Adam
2007-06-11 06:57:58 · answer #6 · answered by Adam M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In living color, good sir, is a fond way to hail a taxi in Tokyo. I don't know. It was the first thing that popped into my mind.
2016-03-13 09:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be afraid to sound formal. You'll get used to it. The point of formality is to make questions like this easier, not harder.
2007-06-11 06:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sincerely always works. But what I like to do to sound even less formal is to say "Sincerely and thanks," because people ususally just say "sincerely" but if you add "and thanks" then they will know that you're not too formal.
Plust both sincerely and thanks are good words that make the reader know you're polite and you're truthful.
GOOD LUCK!
2007-06-11 06:55:02 · answer #9 · answered by djchemi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I don't know the person, I usually sign it:
Best,
Sue
2007-06-11 07:22:26 · answer #10 · answered by gswidemark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋