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Say goodbye to business correspondence. How to finish a letter in English - business and personal correspondence

Etiquette formulas are required in the design of a business letter. They are determined by the genre of the message (letters of invitation, letters of congratulations, letters of condolence) and are largely conditional, ritual in nature. More A.S. Pushkin remarked in Journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg: “Every day we sign as our humble servants, and it seems that none of this has yet concluded that we should be asked to be valets.”

Business letters of invitation and congratulations include many etiquette phrases. Instead of an etiquette frame (words of greeting and farewell), business letters use the following appeals: Dear Nikolai Ivanovich! Dear sir Bobylev! AT At the end of the letter, before the signature, the final courtesy formula is placed: Yours sincerely!;Sincerely;With sincere respect!;Best wishes!;Thanks in advance for your reply…;We hope that our request will not be difficult for you.…;We look forward to a successful continuation of cooperation…;We look forward to your interest in expanding connections…etc.

These closing remarks of courtesy are followed by self-name official signing the document, and his signature. Self-naming includes an indication of the position held and the name of the organization, if the letter is not sent on the letterhead of the institution, otherwise - only the position:

If a letter is sent on behalf of the Academic Council of a scientific institution, the self-name is an indication of the role that this or that person performs in this body:

Etiquette rituals expressed by performative verbs are included, as a rule, in set expressions, like the rest of the speech etiquette formulas: With pleasure) invite You to take part in...; Thanks to You for participation...; Sincerely thank you You for...; Cordially thank you You for...; ask You will be directed to our address...; I assure You that we will do our best...; wish Good luck to you and we look forward to future mutually beneficial cooperation...; With thanks confirm receiving from you...;

Etiquette rituals used in business letters include

– different kinds praise : You showed heartfelt attention to orphans and children left without parental care...(direct praise); Considering your great contribution to the development of technological progress in industry...(indirect praise); Since your firm is a leading supplier of computer equipment...(indirect praise)

expression of hope, confidence, gratitude at the end of the letter : I express hope for…;I hope for further good and mutually beneficial relations…; We hope for a speedy decision ... We hope that the result of the negotiations will be a long-term and fruitful cooperation between our enterprises…; We look forward to further fruitful cooperation…; We wish you success and look forward to future mutually beneficial cooperation…;We hope that our request will be considered as soon as possible.…;We hope for a speedy answer (solution of our issue) ...;We were glad to receive your letter.…;Thank you very much for the fax dated 04.06.2010…; We acknowledge with gratitude the receipt of your letter…;Thanks to behind...;

expression of congratulations, apologies, wishes: Congratulations ...; We wish you success in…;We apologize for… about…etc.

Polite form addressee naming in business correspondence involves the use of the pronouns "You", "Your" with a capital letter: According to your request we send To you latest catalogs of our products; At the end of this month, we will be happy to use your services.

It is impossible not to take into account the effectiveness of etiquette formulas, the arsenal of which in Russian speech etiquette is very large. The success of the case largely depends on the tone of the letter.

The universal principle of using etiquette means is the principle of politeness, which is expressed in the recommendations given to readers in one old Russian letter book and which have not lost their relevance to this day: “The first duty of the writer is to remember his own position, to know the position of the person to whom we are writing, and to imagine the latter is as clear as if we were standing in front of him and talking. This is especially important today, when official correspondence is becoming more personal and dynamic. Today, the genre of business writing requires from the compiler not only the standardization of language means, but also the manifestation of their own individuality.

Did fate separate you and your friend, scattering you in different cities, albeit for a while? You can keep in touch by talking on the phone, using computer programs, using headphones with a microphone.

You can even see the interlocutor, and not only hear him, if you have a webcam. However better option than a living letter, not yet invented. After all, it is one thing to type a couple of phrases on the keyboard in a mail agent or Skype, and another to write a letter by hand on a piece of paper, seal it and send it to the addressee. But first you need a letter finish right. So, how to end a letter to a friend.

Indicate who the letter is from

Despite the fact that you write your last name and initials on the envelope, in the letter itself you must subscribe. If you are just writing to a friend, a sample signature will look like this: “Your friend Katya” or “I look forward to seeing you, Katya.” Are you texting your best friend? Then you can afford something like this: “Your best friend Katyushka. Look forward to meeting!" or “Don't be bored, see you soon. Katyusha. Finally, if your letter is addressed to your boyfriend in the army, boldly write “I love you, kiss you and miss you very much. Your Katenka" or "I miss you very much, come soon! Your Katenka. As for diminutive suffixes in names, it's up to you to decide how to write. It all depends on what your friend calls you.

The ending of a letter is not only a signature

Finishing a letter to a friend from a girl should not just be one line with a name and a request to come quickly or not be bored. At first read your letter, highlight the main ideas that you put on paper. At the end of your message recall what was said in the letter. For example, you know that your friend is coming tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and in the course of writing you mentioned that you definitely want to meet him. Summing up, write that you want to meet at such and such a time and in such and such a place..

Write at the end about everything that you forgot to write about

If you remember that forgot to write something, put a combination of characters P.S. This is Latin abbreviation, literally means "after what is written". Then you can state everything else you want to add to the letter.

Check your letter for errors

Of course, if you wrote your message on a computer to send later by e-mail, you can easily make corrections. But while writing a live letter, it’s better be careful not to make any mistakes. Otherwise, you will either have to rewrite the message again, or make blots. The latter is highly undesirable. After all, you are not writing to someone, but to your good friend or even boyfriend.

Last touches

Here you have written a letter, it remains to seal and send. But don't rush into it. One of the beauties of paper letters is that you can imprint your kiss on the paper, scent the message with your perfume, or put a photo of you together that was taken on the day you met or some other small object dear to your friend's heart..

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« Remember the last phrase”- these are the words of the famous movie hero from one Soviet television series. The remark went “to the people” and is now a common aphorism. Indeed, the last words affect the whole impression of the conversation. Therefore, when composing business or personal correspondence, you should carefully consider how to finish the letter in English and politely say goodbye to the interlocutor. The ability to tactfully and appropriately use standard cliché phrases at the end of the letter will be the subject of today's material.

A formal letter requires increased attention to the norms of politeness. With successful business communication, the end of the letter allows you to enhance the effect of the above text.

The ending in a business letter should make a favorable impression: there should not be obsession, excessive emotionality, flattery, bias, and even more rudeness and hostility. Therefore, in business correspondence, it is customary to use impersonal speech clichés. The table below shows the standard phrases that often appear in the completion of a business letter in English.

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.	If you need more information, please feel free to contact me.
We would appreciate your cooperation in this matter.	We would appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Thanks for your extremely helpful attention to this matter.	Thank you for your extremely helpful attention to this issue.
Thanks again for your attention, consideration, and time.	Thank you again for your attention, your interest and your time.
We look forward to building a strong business relationship in the future.	Looking forward to establishing a successful and strong cooperation in the future.
We take this opportunity of thanking you for your assistance.	We take this opportunity to thank you for your assistance.
We are looking forward to your confirmation.	We are waiting for your confirmation.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.	We hope to receive a prompt reply.
It's always a pleasure doing business with you.	It's always a pleasure to do business with you.
Assuring you of our best attention at all times.	We are ready to listen to you at any time.

These expressions will help to beautifully complete the text of the message. But this is not the whole ending, because. no letter in English needs a signature. Usually this short remark expresses their respect or wishes for success. The translation of many of these phrases into Russian coincides, and even when switching to English, they are used almost interchangeably, with only very slight emotional differences.

A business letter in English may end with a signature of the following form:

Yoursfaithfully* - with sincere respect;
Respectfully yours* – respectfully;
Sincerelyyours-Yours sincerely;
With appreciation- sincerely grateful
With gratitude- sincerely grateful;
Thanks and regards- with gratitude and best wishes;
bestregards – with best wishes;
kindregards- with good wishes;
bestwishes- with wishes of success.

* These expressions are used only if the writer does not personally know the addressee of his letter.

Paying tribute to the accepted norms of courtesy, they put a comma and write the personal data of the signatory on a new line: first name, last name and position held. This letter ends.

So, we figured out the official messages and learned how to finish them beautifully. But one more important question remained unsolved: how can one complete a letter to a friend in English or an appeal to foreign relatives? We will discuss this in detail in the next section.

English phrases of farewell in friendly correspondence

Informal correspondence also adheres to a polite tone, but provides incomparably more opportunities for expressing emotions and emphasizing the closeness and warmth of relationships. Therefore, there are a very large number of answers to the question of how to finish a letter in English in personal correspondence.

Let's start with the fact that an informal text should also have a logical conclusion: a kind of last note or a final line. And sometimes it is at the finishing stage that a stupor occurs: you write about breaking news and events, and a beautiful end to the letter does not come to mind.

Of course, everyone has their own style of writing letters, but even in friendly correspondence there are often template phrases. Don't know how to finish your English letter? Feel free to choose and write one of the expressions below. In our material, they are also highlighted in a separate table.

Well got to go now.	Well, that's probably all.
Anyway, I must go and get with my work.	Anyway, it's time for me to go and do my job.
I must finish my letter because I must go to bed.	I have to finish the letter because it's time for me to sleep.
Do keep in touch!	Let's be in touch!
I'm sorry I must go to ...	I'm sorry, but I have to go now....
I have much to work to do.	I have a lot of unfinished business.
Hope to hear from you soon.	Hope to hear from you soon.
Well, I must finish now.	Well, it's time for me to wrap up.
Write back soon!	Answer quickly!
Write soon and let me know all the news.	Write back soon and let me know about all the news.
Can't wait to hear from you!	I can't wait to hear from you again!
Don't forget to write!	Don't forget to write!
Please, tell me more about…	Please tell me more about….
Let me know what happens.	Let me know what's going on with you.
Drop me a line when you're free	When you're free, write me a couple of lines.
Bye for now!	And now goodbye!
Have a nice day!	Have a good day!

Using these clichés, you can give a beautiful and meaningful look to any letter.

It remains only to put a polite formula and your initials. There are just a lot of signature options for an informal letter, but we have selected the best and most frequently used examples from it. So you don’t have to think long about how to sign a letter either.

If the addressee of your message is relatives or good friends, it would be appropriate to use such forms of farewell as:

Yours cordially- cordially yours;
Yours ever – always yours;
Eternally yours- always yours;
Your loving brother- Your loving brother;
your friend – Your friend;
Your very sincere friend- Your devoted friend;
bestwishes – Best wishes;
Give my regards to… - Send greetings ...;
Allthebest – Best wishes.

If you and your interlocutor are very close friends or you have a warm romantic relationship, then the following wishes will come to the rescue:

Affectionately- With tenderness;
Lots of love- I love you very much;
Lots of kisses – Kisses;
Hugs- I hug;
With love and kisses- Love and kisses;
With all my love– With all love;
Passionately yours – Passionately yours;
Always and forever Yours forever and ever;
Missingyou – Missing You;
sendmyloveto… – Send my regards…;
takecare – Take care;
Tillnexttime– Until next time;
Seeyousoon – See you soon;
Seeya- See you;
Cheers– Till ;
Ciao– Chao!

And after expressing our feelings, do not forget to put a comma, and sign your name on a new line.

Now we are familiar with the rules for processing all types of correspondence. But still, it is better to see a complete sample of writing once than to read a theory abstracted from practice several times. At the end of the material, we suggest that you look at examples of English letters of a different nature with Russian translation.

How to finish a letter in English - samples and excerpts from correspondence

In this section you will find several examples that clearly show the design of letters on English language, as well as matching their styles and forms of politeness.

Letter of congratulation

Dear Daniel and dear Sarah,

Please accept our warmest congratulation on your silver wedding anniversary!

It seems like you joined your fates only yesterday. Yet twenty-five years have passed since that wonderful day.

With great pleasure we want to wish such an ideal couple all the best: a lot of love, much healthy, eternal youth and long and happy life together! It's a delight to be your friends!

Best wishes for your anniversary

Jonathan and Elizabeth Livingston

Dear Daniel and Sarah,

Please accept our heartiest congratulations on your silver wedding anniversary!

It seems that you connected your destinies just yesterday. It's been 25 years since that wonderful day.

With great pleasure, we want to wish such an ideal couple only the best things: a lot of love, good health, eternal youth and a long and happy life together. Being your friends is an honor and a pleasure!

With best wishes on your anniversary,

Jonathan and Elizabeth Livingston.

Letters to a friend

Hey Emily!

I'm still waiting for the book which you promised to send me at our last meeting. You don't write to me since then but obviously you have a lot on your plate right now.

Anyway, I`m going to visit you in a week and we have a chance to meet.What do you think about it? Drop me a line when you are free.

Hey Emily!

I'm still waiting for that book you promised to send me at our last meeting. Since then, you have not written to me, apparently, you are now very busy with business.

Anyway, I'm going to visit you in a week and we can meet. What do you think about that? Scribble a couple of lines when you're free.

Dear Jack,

Many thanks for your letters! Lovely to hear from you!

I must apologize for not writing earlier. I worked very much and didn't have any free time. But now I can tell you about my news.

Since yesterday I'm on vacation. My boss let me go on vacation for a month. I am very glad, now I can go to Spain, finally! I saved money for this travel for two years, and yesterday I have boughta round trip ticket to Barcelona. I'll spend two weeks in Barcelona. You cannotimagine how muchI dreamed about it! I am just in seventh heaven!

Later, when I'll return Moscow, I'll go to my parents. They live in Sankt-Petersburg. I spent my childhood in the city of Sankt-Petersburg, so I have many friends there.I will be very pleased to meet with them. After this trip to the city of my childhood, I'll return Moscow again and write you all my experiences.

Well, I must finish now. Hope to hear from you soon!

With love and kisses

Dear Jack,

Thank you very much for your letter! It's great to hear from you!

I must apologize for not writing sooner. I worked very hard and didn't have a minute of free time. But now I can tell you about my news.

I have been on vacation since yesterday. My boss allowed me to go on vacation for a whole month. I am very happy, now I can go to Spain, finally! I saved up money for this trip for two years, and yesterday I bought round-trip tickets to Barcelona. I will spend two weeks in Barcelona. You can't even imagine how much I dreamed about this! I'm just in seventh heaven!

Later, when I return to Moscow, I will go to my parents. They live in St. Petersburg. I spent my childhood in Saint Petersburg, so I have many friends there. I will be very pleased to meet them. After this trip to the city of my childhood, I will return to Moscow again and write you all my impressions.

Well, it's time for me to wrap up. Hope to hear from you again soon.

Love and kisses,

Excerpts from business letters

Please accept our sincere apologies for the recent inconvenience. Rest assured that we will take all necessary measures to ensure that this does not happen again in the future. As compensation, we have issued a 30% discount on your order.

Once again we apologize for the inconvenience caused.

All the best,

Almost every person who is somehow connected with the Internet knows what e-mail is. Old friends, colleagues, relatives love to keep in touch with mail, because this is a really convenient service. True, some still prefer the good old handwritten messages. But the majority of people on Earth communicate in one way or another.

It is important to know that the letter can be business, congratulatory or personal. Depending on the style of the text and on who it is intended for, the text itself is already being compiled.

How to end a letter to a friend

Before thinking about the end of the message, check the text already written. It is important to correct all errors, both grammatical and stylistic. After that, think about the completion of your letter. Writing a letter in electronic form is much easier because you can always delete or add a new piece of text anywhere in the message. With a handwritten letter, everything is much more complicated, because it must be written without a single mistake.

You should immediately decide what you expect from the recipient. If you want the response to the letter to be quick, then add special notes or write it directly in the letter. If you have a little time to wait for a response, then leave it as it is.

The letter should end logically, the main idea must be transferred in full. Otherwise, the recipient will be guessing what you wanted to say with this or that word. Write clearly and clearly so that there are no ambiguous questions.

So how do you end a letter to a friend? If unique ideas do not come to your mind, then you can use hackneyed expressions:

Your friend, "Name"
I want to see you
See you!
Waiting for an answer
Wait for a visit!
Kiss, "Name"
Come soon
Be happy!
Good luck!
All the best, your friend "Name"

How to end a business letter

When writing a business message, you need to conduct a deeper and more thorough check, otherwise your partner, having found errors, will not want to do business with you. The text should be written in plain text, no need to make huge sentences with different turns, get by with basic descriptions.

Watch your speech, do not use common words and expressions: “Che”, “Yes, no problem”, etc. Treat the interlocutor with respect, in no case do not insult him, otherwise you can not send messages at all.

The end of the letter should be intriguing, interest your interlocutor, add a little spark. From the beginning of the text, you need to bring the reader to the essence of the issue and only at the end fully open your cards. The fact is that the ending of the text is best remembered, which means that a person will pay more attention to it.

Before ending the message, write down the complete list of the main documents, if any. Be sure to number each document, do it in chronological order.

I look forward to further cooperation.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely, Name.
Respectfully, Name.

How to finish a letter in English

In correspondence with friends or loved ones, you do not have to follow a clear text structure. Here, speech can be simpler, because the most important thing is to convey emotions, feelings, talk about what is happening. You can use jokes, common expressions, etc.

On the this moment the younger generation communicates in a completely different language. Many adults do not always understand what is at stake. Borrowed words are often used, new concepts are introduced, which is why our speech becomes completely different.

To complete a letter in English, it is also necessary to carry out preliminary preparation. Check the entire text for errors, add the necessary notes, and then proceed to the ending.

Good Luck - Good Luck!
With Love - with love!
Good cheers - good mood!
See you soon - see you soon!
Talk to you later - we'll talk after.
Truly yours - with respect!

Now you know how to finish the letter. Use these tips to appear literate.

Time passes, everything changes, technological progress goes by leaps and bounds, but one thing still remains unchanged. Like our distant ancestors, we need a constant exchange of information. And although now we can easily call the desired interlocutor, but sometimes this is not possible, and then we have to write letters. And in order to leave the most favorable impression on the addressee, it is very important to correctly compose your written message and finish it correctly, which not everyone can do. So now we will try to figure out how to finish letters to your friends, relatives or business partners.

The principle of writing letters to well-known people

Before you begin to deal with the ending of the message, it is important to write the letter itself correctly, following a very simple rules. When sending a message to friends, relatives and friends, in fact, you don’t even have to really think about what a sample letter written by you should be. Here it will be enough to simply conditionally divide the message into three parts.

In turn, the message to a business partner is written in a completely different way. First of all, the style of the message should be strictly formal, it should not contain a single mistake, and the sample letter should be taken from an official source. However, despite the fact that there is different types business correspondence and many features of each of them, you can draw up a rough plan for any business message.

The heading of an official message containing the name of the recipient company, indicating the last name, first name, patronymic and position of the recipient person, under which the date of the letter and its registration number are indicated.
The title of the letter and its body text, concise, but containing all the necessary information.
The end of the message, which has a number of its own nuances, so how to finish business letter, we will talk later, and at the very end, the date the message was sent and the signature of the sender - his last name, first name, patronymic and position.

Ending a letter to friends or relatives

Now it's time to dwell in more detail on how exactly you need to finish the message to a well-known or native person in order to leave behind the most favorable impression and make the interlocutor want to write an answer as soon as possible.

First of all, before you finish a letter to a friend, relative or loved one, you should carefully reread your message. After reading the message, you will probably want to add something else, correct or supplement it in order to make the text as complete and understandable as possible. After that, it is recommended to re-read the letter again, after which it remains only to add a kind of "epilogue" at the end, clarifying the main idea of your message in it, and warmly say goodbye to your interlocutor.

End of official letter

In business correspondence, the ending of the message plays perhaps the most important role. That is why, when compiling it, special attention should be paid to how to finish a business letter in order to observe etiquette and good manners. And the first thing before writing the final part of the message, you need to re-read the letter again, correct all the errors in it and format it correctly so that the text is well readable, and important points were immediately noticeable due to the emphasis in bold.

After such preparation, you can proceed, in fact, to the end of the letter. If it consists of several sheets, at the end it is important to make a summary of the message, consisting of a couple of paragraphs, in which it will be necessary to reflect the most important points of the message, so that it is easier for the recipient to compose his answer. If the letter is small, then there is no need for a summary, so at the end it will be enough just to say goodbye, respectfully addressing the interlocutor, and sign.

Friendly or business correspondence with a foreigner

Our century is considered a time that erases boundaries. And this is no accident, because in the world of telecommunication technologies we can communicate not only with our compatriots, but also with foreigners. However, having decided to start a correspondence with a person from another country, it is important, firstly, to communicate freely in his mother tongue, secondly, to be at least a little familiar with the mentality of a foreigner, and thirdly, to know how to finish letters so that the interlocutor would be pleased to read them. But no matter what country the recipient of the letter is from, no matter what the correspondence is - business or friendly, it is very important to be mutually polite in it, be sure to greet the interlocutor and politely say goodbye to him.

Final lines of the message

Approaching the end of your message, it is very important to know how to end your letters with a final phrase that should convey all your respect and sympathy for the interlocutor.

So, the final line of a letter to a friend, loved one or relative might sound like this:

With love, (your name).
Great mood!
See you.
Waiting for an answer.
Give my regards to all.
See you soon.

But an official message should be written with respect at the end of the letter to its recipient and without any familiarity. So, finishing writing a business message, in the final you need to write:

Looking forward to fruitful cooperation.
Sincerely (your full name and position in the company).
With respect (your full name and position in the company).
Thanks for taking our offer.
Please respond as quickly as possible.
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