Timeline for How grammatically sound are letter valedictions like "Best regards"?
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| Sep 13, 2017 at 18:18 | comment | added | TimR | @urnonav: You're thinking about this in the wrong way by applying rules that govern utterances to letter-writing. No one says their name after they make a statement, and so when the letter-writer's name is included after the valediction, the action must be following rules other than those governing utterances. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | urnonav | @Andrew: Typically, when these "shortenings" happen, the grammar is maintained. For example "goodbye" is still treated as a standalone thought punctuated with an exclamation point or a full stop at the end. What has started to particularly bother me is the construct: "Thanks, (newline) John". Barring the newline (and missing full stop), this is the writer expressing "thanks" to himself - while referring to himself in third person. "Yours truly" is actually quite literal in that you are asserting that your letter that precedes was written truthfully. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 17:33 | history | edited | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2017 at 17:30 | comment | added | TimR | +1 With best regards I ever remain yours most sincerely, Lord Windybottom. | |
| Sep 13, 2017 at 16:40 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |