# How to end a letter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917 "2011-06-01T01:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/1 "2011-06-01T01:38:55Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/2 "2011-06-01T01:42:06Z")
Thank you for your consideration, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/3 "2011-06-01T02:09:58Z")
Thanks, that sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/4 "2011-06-01T02:13:46Z")
"See you in class!! Smooches, Weedy" ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/5 "2011-06-01T02:33:42Z")
Regards, yomamasofat Kind Regards, yomamasofatwhenshesitsaroundthehouseshesitsAROUNDthehouse Best Regards, yomamasofatshethinkfriedchickenoneofthefourmajorfoodgroups Salutations, yomama ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/6 "2011-06-01T02:37:05Z")
You can also write Best regards, Kind regards, ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/7 "2011-06-01T02:43:47Z")
Thanks in advance for your consideration in this matter. Regards, Bob Smith ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/8 "2011-06-01T02:48:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/9 "2011-06-01T08:04:33Z")
cheers ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/10 "2011-06-01T13:07:19Z")
Pace Off, Gate Stoofed. Your name it only works when said in a “soccer-hooligan” accent. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/11 "2011-06-01T13:23:15Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![uuaschbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@uuaschbaer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uuaschbaer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/12 "2011-06-01T17:46:01Z")
Do we still use Yours/Yours sincerely/Yours truly/Yours faithfully etc? Or maybe that’s a smidgen too British. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/13 "2011-06-01T18:57:48Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/14 "2011-06-01T19:08:55Z")
I end everything with, “Yours As Ever,” because it’s nicely ambiguous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/15 "2011-06-01T19:17:12Z")
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 \ 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. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/16 "2011-06-01T19:23:10Z")
Did anyone else ever accidentally put a kiss at the end of a business email? Er… no, I didn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/17 "2011-06-01T19:40:00Z")
Ask **Shodan**. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/18 "2011-06-01T19:51:57Z")
Sincerely yours, or Sincerely, ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/19 "2011-06-02T03:41:06Z")
En espérant le tout à votre entière satisfaction, je vous prie, Madame, Monsieur, d’agréer l’expression de ma plus haute considération. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917/20 "2011-06-02T04:39:03Z")
I remain your humble and obedient servant, Arrendajo [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-end-a-letter/583917.md?page=2)