Closing salutations - business correspondence/emails

[Anonymous]

Here at Prestige Worldwide, we close with Boats and Hos

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Deuces,

Holler at me,

Yours in Jesus Christ,

Keep passing open windows,

This thread is hilarious! What does the last one mean??

[Anonymous]

It means "don't jump!"

[Anonymous]

I use the below depending on the level of closeness with the colleague/business contact and the nature of the correspondence:

1. Thank you

2. - First name

3. Best regards

4. Warmly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All best,
Mary

Hideous. Incoherent. Grammatically incorrect. And meaningless. Completely and utterly unprofessional.

The only way to make it semi-acceptable would "All my best" or, more appropriately, "I send all my best wishes."

Yes! All of this! Thank you. I hate "all best" with a passion.

I actually kind of like "all best." It's a little less formal than just "best" or "all my best," but still polite. Sure, it's not totally grammatically correct, but neither is any way of ending an email (Thanks, Regards, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ok Grammar Nazi, here's the thing about email correspondence. it is not an exercise in proper letter writing. it's more like... a halfway point between phone calls and text messages. if you write emails sounding like you just dipped your quill in an ink jar, you are culturally inappropriate, and therefore, your grammar is irrelevant.

also, bee tee dub, language evolves. who says "how do you do?" anymore? who actually replies to "how are you?" with "fine!" anymore? no one, i tell you. NO. ONE.

people aren't "Fine" or "Doing well" anymore; they are "Good." everything is Good. is that grammatically correct???

So, when you're making presentations, do you also pepper your speech with phrases such as "like" and "you know" and other informal language? Do you verbalize social media speak like "hashtag boom!"

I am going to guess you're about 25. You'll learn.

presentations = / = email

Oh dear. An email is a memo. Treat it as such.

[Anonymous]

Went thru this whole thread and still confused
Best: seems too informal/ pretentious at the same time unless the person did you a favor
Thanks: used a lot (but thanks for what?)
Regards: too formal
--- Larla (is that polite?)
Cheers: are we at a party?
Sincerely: too personal
Yours truly: granny?
Yours: I'm your ... what?

[Anonymous]

All these posts are wrong. It should be:

LYLAS,

Samantha

[Anonymous]

I just use my initials most of the time.

-dw

Or
Thanks. DW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'ma let you finish,
Kanye

Love it!

[Anonymous]

AMF

[Anonymous]

I don't care for "Best."

[Anonymous]

I love the people who sign "Chow" because they don't know how to spell it.

On official correspondence "Yours truly" is appropriate.

In emails when I want people to do things I say "Thanks in advance."

In general: Cheers, Regards, rarely Best, sometimes Thanks. Lots of times nothing (not even a name) if I am feeling pissy and making a point.

regarding All Best, that is just weird, and who says all my best? It would be all THE best.....

[Anonymous]

For emails to colleagues or others within my organization I use either:

Thanks,
or
Regards,
or
V/R

For external emails that are more of a formal/official thing which I would consider an electronic business letter rather than just a casual email, I use Yours truly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ok Grammar Nazi, here's the thing about email correspondence. it is not an exercise in proper letter writing. it's more like... a halfway point between phone calls and text messages. if you write emails sounding like you just dipped your quill in an ink jar, you are culturally inappropriate, and therefore, your grammar is irrelevant.

also, bee tee dub, language evolves. who says "how do you do?" anymore? who actually replies to "how are you?" with "fine!" anymore? no one, i tell you. NO. ONE.

people aren't "Fine" or "Doing well" anymore; they are "Good." everything is Good. is that grammatically correct???

So, when you're making presentations, do you also pepper your speech with phrases such as "like" and "you know" and other informal language? Do you verbalize social media speak like "hashtag boom!"

I am going to guess you're about 25. You'll learn.

+1. I don't care if you think it sounds Victorian or that I'm an antique, but if you use grammar that's incorrect or too informal for the workplace, I'm going to assume that you are uneducated and immature. You might not care what I think, but you might start to care when you don't get promotions or raises as quickly as others. It's an office, not your life guarding gig at the pool.