Kind Regards vs Kind regards?

Lollipop95

In an email, which one is correct? I've been using the former signature at work but notice others use the latter and don't capitalise the r in regards.. which is grammatically correct? I'm so used to writing 'Kind Regards' that not capitalising the r looks wrong!

valoren

Just don't send Kind Retards.

On a stakeholder status report.

Kind Regards.

frag420

I think you are overthinking this op,

best Regards

frAg:cool:

uch

Le gach dea-mhéin

Arghus

All the best,

pxdf9i5cmoavkz

Kind regards,

oLoonatic

Kind of regards,

Billgirlylegs

Lollipop95 wrote: »

In an email, which one is correct? I've been using the former signature at work but notice others use the latter and don't capitalise the r in regards.. which is grammatically correct? I'm so used to writing 'Kind Regards' that not capitalising the r looks wrong!

Why do you think it is correct to capitalize the second word in your sentence?

Boom_Bap

You are a monster.

Regards,

Boomer

fatknacker

Regard's

Rory28

Dear OP,

You show great disrespect.

Kindest Regards,

Rory

AllForIt

Never sounded right to me correctly spelled or otherwise.

I mean is there such a think as unkind regards. Regards will do.

Church on Tuesday

Either is fine.

El Weirdo

valoren wrote: »

Just don't send Kind Retards.

Done it several times.

o1s1n

El Weirdo wrote: »

Done it several times.

One of my previous bosses did that in an email about learning support for a college.

jimgoose

Randy Keggers.

heretothere

Be like half the emails I get these days that are just signed off with a name. I get no regards!

But I say Kind regards. I don't think you should capitalise the 2nd letter

Regards sounds curt and Kind regards sound a bit silly to me, so I mostly sign off Thank you, someone, you never met signing Warmest regards or kindest regards is worst sounds overfamiliar.

uncommon_name

Kind Regards,

Or Regards if I am pissed with someone

super_furry

Why capitalise the r?

Dial Hard

It's incorrect to capitalise regards as it's not a proper noun. It'd Be Like Randomly Capitalising Any Other Word In A Sentence.

Gravelly

Always capitalise both,

Kind Regards,

Gravelly.

suicide_circus

just don't use the phrase "...will revert back to..."

it doesn't mean what you think it means

Who makes up the rules about how to sign yourself in an email, unless its a legal document does it matter and long as you are neither rude or over-familiar.

Sky King

Hi All,

Ping me an email and I'll revert by close of play.

Kind regards,
S

suicide_circus

Sky King wrote: »

Hi All,

Ping me an email and I'll revert by close of play.

Kind regards,
S

revert to what? a toddler? an embryo? the fish with legs that crawled out of the primordial ocean?

SQ2

"Best"

Gravelly

Sky King wrote: »

Hi All,

Ping me an email and I'll revert by close of play.

Kind regards,
S

At the end of the day we should take a deep dive into the deliverables and ensure the value add picks the low-hanging fruit and dovetails with the paradigm shift.

Fr_Dougal

Thanks in advance,

Dougal

Which basically means I couldn’t be arsed saying thanks to you after you’ve done whatever it is I’ve asked you to do for me.

Bob Harris

The last 5 e-mails I received are signed off with:
'Best Wishes'
'kind regards'
'Kind regards'
'Best Regards'
'Best Regards'

MarkR

I always use "regards", and I thought I was being lovely.

Usually, I say "Regardios" in my head. Trying to make that a thing.

PARlance

I was always a KR man but since Gmail started writing my mails for me, it's Kr.

NabyLadistheman

Thank if you had to re-read the thread title multiple times

PARlance

Reminded of my first job, in a French department of a multinational. Submitted my first report and my Team Lead signed off with "A+"

I was chuffed with myself until I found out that it meant "A plus".... or Later.

Very informal and a bit of a come down.

Gravelly

PARlance wrote: »

Reminded of my first job, in a French department of a multinational. Submitted my first report and my Team Lead signed off with "A+"

I was chuffed with myself until I found out that it meant "A plus".... or Later.

Very informal and a bit of a come down.

That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.

The Tetrarch

Best regard's

PARlance

Gravelly wrote: »

That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.

Got a similar one complementing my balance.

badabing106

Yours sincerely > Kind regards>Thanks in advance

Boom_Bap

Dont be one of these people.

BR,

BoomerBapper

Edgware

" I remain your obedient servant" will cover most eventualities

Foweva Awone

"Regards" if you're trying to be formal, "Kind regards" is polite, "Many thanks and kind regards" if you're looking for a big favour and being a lickarse.

A lot of the time though I just end with my name. Nothing else is necessary.

Hate it when people randomly end with "Thanks, name" when there's nothing they're actually thanking you for.

TerrorFirmer

Why would you randomly capitalise a word like that in any case?

Gimme A Pound

Dial Hard wrote: »

It's incorrect to capitalise regards as it's not a proper noun. It'd Be Like Randomly Capitalising Any Other Word In A Sentence.

Exactly. A capital letter for a word that's not a proper noun is incorrect.

It's always being done in the workplace too. They think it looks so professional and clever when it looks the opposite.

eviltimeban

How does a pirate sign off emails?

"Kind regarrrrrds"

Gimme A Pound

mariaalice wrote: »

Regards sounds curt and Kind regards sound a bit silly to me, so I mostly sign off Thank you, someone, you never met signing Warmest regards or kindest regards is worst sounds overfamiliar.

I only say thanks if actually thanking them for something.

petes

Best Regards


With cnuts in white text underneath

StreetLight

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Best regard's

Best regard is what?

heretothere

Gravelly wrote: »

That's nothing - I got a an email from a supplier last week saying "Payment Outstanding" - I was really proud of myself, and the funny thing is I can't even remember paying them.

Ya I get those several times a day and often in much harsher terms! It's not my company, I've no control over who or when anyone gets paid and inform them so! They still email again a few days later. I inform the same thing and move on with my day!

dxhound2005

suicide_circus wrote: »

just don't use the phrase "...will revert back to..."

it doesn't mean what you think it means

I think Revert can mean more than one thing, just as many other words have more than one meaning. Some dictionaries list more than one meaning.

https://www.yourdictionary.com/revert

If an e mail originated in America or India, Revert will a common usage to mean Reply. I have also seen it in Irish e mails, so the usage is spreading into British English, and you seem to be very aware of it. This process is known as semantic change in etymology and there is no point in trying to stop it. You may as well try to make people revert to the original meaning of the word Nice which started out as meaning Foolish.

Revert and revert back to mean Reply are considered as non standard in British English, but in future this will probably change. And I know from reading opinions on the internet, that Revert Back especially causes a lot of anguish to those who think English should be set in stone. But they are fighting a losing battle.

Fighting against revert is the hill I will die on