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Jsalruiz77 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

How to end a letter

Hi!I need just a little help to finish a formal letter. I have to write a business letter but I'm not sure how to end it with a formal greeting.

I've found several choices:

  1. I am looking forward to hearing you
  2. I am looking forward to meeting you
  3. Thanks in advance
  4. Sincerely yours.

I could guess the first two of them mean that I'm waiting any kind of response, but I wonder if I can combine some of them or perhaps it is just allowed to use only one of them.

Thanks in advance
jsalruiz77

P.D. By the way, do the two following sentences have the same meaning?

  1. It is suppose that I have to write a letter
  2. I'm supposed to write a letter.
  

Top answer

Hi, Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you. The proper close for a business letter is: Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely "Thank you" is not correct as a close. Write it, if you wish, at the end of your message.

— Hadeka

  • Hi, Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you.
  • The proper close for a business letter is: Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely "Thank you" is not correct as a close.
  • Write it, if you wish, at the end of your message.
  • Hope this helps!
  • hadeka
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21 Answers
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Hi,

Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you.

The proper close for a business letter is:

Yours faithfully,
Yours sincerely

"Thank you" is not correct as a close. Write it, if you wish, at the end of your message.

Hope this helps!
hadeka
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Hi,

I looked over my letters and:

you can combine some of them as closing sentence and complimentary close.

Ex:

I look forward to hearing from you and in the meantime, should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours truly,
hadeka

Have a good day!
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I would be grateful if you would tell me what a bussines letter should include.
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If you know the name of the person you are addressing, you started the letter Dear Mr... then you should end the letter with Yours sincerely,...

If you do not know the letter of the person you are addressing, if you started the letter Dear Sir or Madam or To Whom It May Concern, you should end the letter with Yours Faithfully or Yours Truly.

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Why not write

Best regards,

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0 a) I am looking forward to hearing FROM you 02br
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00c)Thank You, 02br
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00e) Thank you for your time,02br
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00I have to write a letter.02br
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0What of ending the letter simply with: Yours, "Name". 0-
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can thank you stand alone as a sentence at the end of a letter.
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Hi,
Yes. But its directness makes it seem less than formal to me.

Clive
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