Forget ‘sincerely’

Letter writing may be a dead art, thanks to email, texting, and online job application forms, among the changing means of communication, but one of the challenges of on-paper correspondence had been in selecting an appropriate closing line, which went right above your signature. (Few youths today, I’m told, actually have signatures. Ahem.)

As one bit of advice noted, “sincerely” is for lawyers, better to be too warm than too distant.

Here are some alternatives, should the occasion arise.

1. Thank you for your time. Alternatively, “Thanks for your time” or “Thanks again.”
2. Good wishes, always. Or even, “Always,” or, “All the best, always.”
3. Toujours.
4. Enthusiastically.
5. Only the best or betters.
6. Stay well.
7. Cheers!
8. Thanx and g’day.
9. Let’s go!
10. Onward!

Gee, now I’m wondering about “Truly.” Or even, “Actually.”