[etni] Fw: an answer
- From: "Ask_Etni" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:20:40 +0200
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From: sbshai - sbshai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: an answer
Regarding Amy's question about whether or not there should be a period after
the signature in a formal letter, I believe there should not -- for the
reason she cited: this is not found in business letter samples from any
English speaking country.
Regardless of the fact that more than a few ESL students put a period there,
I don't think it's standard practice in Israel either! In any case,
whenever rules of punctuation (or anything else) differ in Hebrew and
English, we should point this out and require the accepted way according to
English.
One way to explain why there's no period after a signature is to tell
students that the purpose of a period is to indicate the end of a sentence;
since the signature does not constitute a sentence, there's no point (pun
intended!) in having it there.
Ask them to note the difference in the following:
Her name is Betty Boop.
Sincerely,
Betty Boop
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