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Cateran Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

About "yours sincerely"

I konw the phrase is written at the end of a letter, but who can tell me the meaning of it in detail?
  

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Something to the effect of I am genuinely your servant . It is merely a formulaic closing.

  • Something to the effect of I am genuinely your servant .
  • It is merely a formulaic closing.
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Something to the effect of I am genuinely your servant. It is merely a formulaic closing.
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Mister MicawberSomething to the effect of I am genuinely your servant. It is merely a formulaic closing.

You can think of it as 'with sincerity' = sincerely but it is simply a formulaic closing as Mister Micawber said.

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