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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Letter Writing
Punctuation and letter ending
I work for a school in Australia and am constantly being told that two spaces after a full stop is correct. All my working life I've been taught to use only one space in view of the proportional spacing on the computer. (I was taught on a typewriter and so was taught to do two after a full stop and one after a comma). Please help me!! Even the business teachers at the school are telling me two spaces (my daughter has been taught on a computer and that two spaces are correct).
Also in Australia all letters are finished with Yours sincerely. I was taught Your sincerely would only be used if I was using Dear and a name. If using Dear Sir or Madam then use Yours faithfully. Has this changed? Am I old fashioned?
Please help.
Clare
Also in Australia all letters are finished with Yours sincerely. I was taught Your sincerely would only be used if I was using Dear and a name. If using Dear Sir or Madam then use Yours faithfully. Has this changed? Am I old fashioned?
Please help.
Clare
Top answer
To begin a new sentence, either one space or two. Style guides differ, so use what your employer prefers. As a complimentary closing, only traditional BrE adheres closely to the 'Yours faithfully'-for-unnamed-recipient rule; most other Englishes do not bother with it.
- To begin a new sentence, either one space or two.
- Style guides differ, so use what your employer prefers.
- As a complimentary closing, only traditional BrE adheres closely to the 'Yours faithfully'-for-unnamed-recipient rule; most other Englishes do not bother with it.
- You may if you wish be traditional, and no one should hold it against you, but again, it is best to follow your employer's lead.
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To begin a new sentence, either one space or two. Style guides differ, so use what your employer prefers.
As a complimentary closing, only traditional BrE adheres closely to the 'Yours faithfully'-for-unnamed-recipient rule; most other Englishes do not bother with it. You may if you wish be traditional, and no one should hold it against you, but again, it is best to follow your employer
As a complimentary closing, only traditional BrE adheres closely to the 'Yours faithfully'-for-unnamed-recipient rule; most other Englishes do not bother with it. You may if you wish be traditional, and no one should hold it against you, but again, it is best to follow your employer
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