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Bird Of Paradise Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Yours vs your

0 Yours affectionately, Your affectionate02br
00What is the difference between the above two expressions. Can we also write: 01b02br
00Yours affectionate02b00 or 01b00your affectionately02b00?0-
  

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02br 02br 00Your affectionate <---- Sentence fragment. 02br 02br 00Your affectionately <---- Another sentence fragment. Something else has to follow.

— Erin Zale

  • 02br 02br 00Your affectionate <---- Sentence fragment.
  • 02br 02br 00Your affectionately <---- Another sentence fragment.
  • Something else has to follow.
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0 Yours affectionately <---- Sounds like something said at the end of a letter passed between people who are rather close.02br
02br
00Your affectionate <---- Sentence fragment. Something else has to follow for this to make any sense.02br
02br
00Yours affectionate <---- I can't imagine any context where this would either make sense or not sound awk
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0 Which one of these expressions is suitable to be used at the end of a letter and why?02br
00Yours affectionately............abc 02br
00Your affectionately..........abc 02br
00Yours affectionate.............abc 02br
00Your affectionate............abc0-
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0None of these would be used currently. Yours affectionately is an old-fashioned sign-off for a letter.02br
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00All the others are incorrect.0-
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