Kind Regards vs Kind regards?

gozunda · 06-02-2019 08:46AM

What's wrong with that old civil servant staple ...

"Is mise le meas" ('it is I, with respect')

Often the only bit of Irish some could muster lol

dxhound2005 · 06-02-2019 09:07AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Not at all. Plenty battles are won. Why fight revert as reply?

a) reply already exists and fulfills that purpose.
b) revert fulfills another purpose.

for a word to disappear so another word already useful in a different context takes over is unusual.

The original meaning of Reply was to Fold Back. Do you think it would be a worthwhile battle to try to get that restored?

suicide_circus · 06-02-2019 09:23AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The original meaning of Reply was to Fold Back. Do you think it would be a worthwhile battle to try to get that restored?

revert lacks the elegance imo

06-02-2019 10:10AM

Grey Red Surface wrote: »

Kind regards,

This. Similarly, you dispense with capitalisation with 'Yours sincerely', 'Yours faithfully', etc.

Writing emails: openings and endings

Beir bua!

Keyzer · 06-02-2019 10:15AM

This is basic grammar.

Why didn't you look this up in google instead of starting another utterly pointless thread.

I thought the recent thread in relation to removing the thanks button was rock bottom but I have been proven wrong, yet again.

ohnonotgmail · 06-02-2019 10:35AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

Your e-mail should begin:

"I have the honour to present my respects, and to acknowledge the receipt of [e-mail to which you are replying] . . ."

And it should close with :

"I avail myself of this opportuntity to renew to you, Sir [or Madam], the assurance of my highest consideration."

Anything less is extremely rude.

(And do not randomly capitalise words.)

Maybe if you are Samuel Pepys replying to an email.

What's wrong with signing off with

mise le meas

dudara · 06-02-2019 10:36AM

Is “regards” a proper noun? If not, then don’t capitalize.

Randomly capialised words irritate me - as do all this clickbait headlines with incorrectly capitalised “10 Things You Have To Try” words

Is mise le meas,
dudara

Cee-Jay-Cee · 06-02-2019 10:38AM

G'luck.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 06-02-2019 10:39AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The original meaning of Reply was to Fold Back. Do you think it would be a worthwhile battle to try to get that restored?

You’re going back to early Latin there, so no. I’d be pretty descriptive about grammar rather than proscriptive in general. Revert though is an abomination, and has no need to enter the language.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 06-02-2019 10:41AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Maybe if you are Samuel Pepys replying to an email.

What's wrong with signing off with

mise le meas

What he did three was an English translation of formal French letter sign offs. I did that stuff in school.

pxdf9i5cmoavkz · 06-02-2019 11:15AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

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

it doesn't mean what you think it means

Emtec · 06-02-2019 11:19AM

heretothere wrote: »

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

With an opening sentence like that, capitalisation is the least of your problems.

Stop pretending you're a 19 year old skateboarder from New Jersey and you'll notice an instant improvement.

RFOLEY1990 · 06-02-2019 11:23AM

Kind Regards

Franz Von Peppercorn · 06-02-2019 11:40AM

Nobody is explaining why they capitalise regards, just doing it.

Gravelly · 06-02-2019 11:41AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Nobody is explaining why they capitalise regards, just doing it.

It helps with the balance of the universe.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 06-02-2019 11:48AM

Gravelly wrote: »

It helps with the balance of the universe.

Well that’s Convinced me.

Gravelly · 06-02-2019 11:50AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Well that’s Convinced me.

My work here is done.

Kind Regards,

Gravelly.
Chief Universe Balancer.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 06-02-2019 11:55AM

Gravelly wrote: »

My work here is done.

Kind Regards,

Gravelly.
Chief Universe Balancer.

Chief universe balancer.

( Unless that’s actually your real name. In which case it is correct, Mr. Balancer. )

RandomName2 · 06-02-2019 11:55AM

valoren wrote: »

Just don't send Kind Retards.

On a stakeholder status report.

Especially if they turned out not to be very kind.

xi5yvm0owc1s2b · 06-02-2019 11:59AM

People have an odd habit of capitalizing words for emphasis -- but it's not the 18th century anymore. As a general rule, capitalize the first word in a sentence and any proper nouns, and leave everything else in lower-case.

When ending a letter with "Kind regards," "Best wishes," "Yours sincerely," etc., the second word should always be in lower-case.

Hotblack Desiato · 06-02-2019 01:16PM

Kinda lingers,

H.

Lollipop95 · 06-02-2019 10:27PM

Keyzer wrote: »

This is basic grammar.

Why didn't you look this up in google instead of starting another utterly pointless thread.

I thought the recent thread in relation to removing the thanks button was rock bottom but I have been proven wrong, yet again.

To find out what the general consensus was as to what people on here used. I of course did Google but the responses varied

Marz66 · 06-02-2019 11:20PM

Either is better than Tks / thx / KR

tabby aspreme · 06-02-2019 11:24PM

Marz66 wrote: »

Either is better than Tks / thx / KR

Or, Keep Her Lit

Degag · 07-02-2019 12:29AM

Don't really mind what people sign off with although just "Regards" slightly irritates me as it is a bt curt. People who sign off with just the initial of their first name look like morons too.

What does irritate me though is when people begin emails with just my name instead of "Hi Degag." They just come accross as cnuts.

dxhound2005 · 07-02-2019 12:32AM

Regina Obedient Unicycle wrote: »

People have an odd habit of capitalizing words for emphasis -- but it's not the 18th century anymore. As a general rule, capitalize the first word in a sentence and any proper nouns, and leave everything else in lower-case.

When ending a letter with "Kind regards," "Best wishes," "Yours sincerely," etc., the second word should always be in lower-case.

That's how things are generally done now, but in the 18th century no doubt some people would have been appalled at any trend to do away with capitalisation. This is the first part of the American Constitution from those times.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

English will keep changing despite crusades in every era to keep it the same.

_Kaiser_ · 07-02-2019 12:35AM

Thanks for the thread OP.

Appreciate if you can revert back to us with an update before the end of play (yes I got an email to that effect this week - dunno where they get it from!)

Regards.

Hotblack Desiato · 07-02-2019 03:07AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

This is the first part of the American Constitution from those times.

Possibly the Influence of the bloody Germans who to this Day like to capitalise non-proper Nouns in an annoying Way.

Cherry Blossom · 07-02-2019 03:20AM

Many thanks / Regards

Sam Quentin · 07-02-2019 03:31AM

things that Trivial you annoy.

Fill this blank space with YES or NO.
____ I don't understand English.

Kind Regards vs Kind regards?

Comments