>Hi Hilmar,
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>I think it all depends on the level of formality/type of message. In school, I learned to end business type formal letters with "Sincerely" or "Sincerely Yours" - "Regards" seems a bit less formal to me. Some others are "Yours truly," "Best regards" - there are probably lots others.
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>HTH! All the best, ;-)
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>J
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Thanks! Is the word "greetings" used in English? (As it is in other languages.)
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)