Formal sign-offs

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how

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do you finish it the most polite way to

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finish when you are writing to somebody

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who you have never met before we sign

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off yours faithfully for example yours

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faithfully Jonathan don't know if you

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know who you are writing to perhaps you

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know the person's name you would begin

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with dear mister dunne for example or

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dear mrs. white or dear miss sturgeon

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you would put the person's second name

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their surname and the opening of your

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letter

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or

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I'm opening all your email showing that

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you recognize this person's name and

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perhaps even their position within the

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particular company when we're signing

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off a letter or an email to a person who

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we are aware of their name or position

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we write yours sincerely and again I

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would say in this option your surname is

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optional Soviet either jonathan done or

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only jonathan it's fine

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okay moving on to an acquaintance what

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is an acquaintance

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an acquaintance is a person they're

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they're not a friend as such you perhaps

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met