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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"Remain"



In the meantime, I look forward to receiving your application, and remain,
Yours sincerely,

This "remain" in a letter (from a language school) looks strange to me, but is this natural English?
  

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This is a formal way of ending a letter in BrE and means something like - 'I continue to be' , 'I still am' yours sincerely. It's very formal and polite. Nowadays not many people would use it.

— Alan.es

  • This is a formal way of ending a letter in BrE and means something like - 'I continue to be' , 'I still am' yours sincerely.
  • It's very formal and polite.
  • Nowadays not many people would use it.
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This is a formal way of ending a letter in BrE and means something like - 'I continue to be' , 'I still am' yours sincerely.

It's very formal and polite. Nowadays not many people would use it.
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