Any suggestions on how to end a letter requesting something that I’m not sure I will get? If I email someone to ask for information or something I generally assume they will send it to me, and close with ‘Thanks’. But in this case I don’t want to be presumptuous.
I’m emailing my teacher to ask for an extension on an assignment. (She said if we wanted an extension to email her.) She is not overly formal - we use her first name - but she is still my professor.
Thank you for your consideration, maybe?
Thanks, that sounds good.
"See you in class!!
Smooches, Weedy"
Regards,
yomamasofat
Kind Regards,
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Best Regards,
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Salutations,
yomama
You can also write
Best regards,
Kind regards,
Thanks in advance for your consideration in this matter.
Regards,
Bob Smith
There’s nothing wrong with a good old fashioned “Sincerely,” but it doesn’t seem very popular these days.
For teachers (I’ve been writing a lot to teachers this week, what with the job hunting and needing references thing), I’m partial to Regards or Warm Regards, depending on how close our relationship was and how much I appreciate and respect them.
cheers
Pace Off, Gate Stoofed.
Your name
it only works when said in a “soccer-hooligan” accent.
Hoping that your response will be positive,
Weedy
In hopeful anticipation!
Weedy
If she’s hot:
Meet me by the bike sheds for a bit of how’s-yer-father,
Weedy
Do we still use Yours/Yours sincerely/Yours truly/Yours faithfully etc? Or maybe that’s a smidgen too British.
Darling Fascist Bully Boy,
Please give me an extension on my assignment. You bastard.
May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman,
Weedy
I end everything with, “Yours As Ever,” because it’s nicely ambiguous. 
For someone with whom I have any sort of friendly acquaintance, I use “Love,”.
For a regular business letter, I use “Very truly yours,”
For an informal business e-mail (e.g. to my manager at work), I just go “Thanks <hit enter a couple times> Johanna”. I almost always stifle the impulse to add an exclamation point after “Thanks”. Commas and periods don’t quite work for me there, either. Almost, but not quite. So, instead of punctuation, I just follow “Thanks” with a couple of blank lines before adding my name. So it won’t look as though I’m thanking myself. Good question, though. I’ve often wondered what is the “right” way to sign off in this context.
Did anyone else ever accidentally put a kiss at the end of a business email?
Er… no, I didn’t either.
Ask Shodan.
Sincerely yours, or Sincerely,
En espérant le tout à votre entière satisfaction, je vous prie, Madame, Monsieur, d’agréer l’expression de ma plus haute considération.
I remain your humble and obedient servant,
Arrendajo