Wrong: Yours etc.
Wrong: Yours resp'y.
4. Using a phrase as a sentence; as,
Wrong: Yours of the 6th at hand and contents noted.
It is much better to refer indirectly to the receipt of a letter; as,
In the order you sent us on Aug. 5 ——
The same sort of mistake is seen in the all too frequent closing:
Wrong: Hoping that we hear from you soon,
Yours truly,
Right: Hoping that we hear from you soon, we are
Yours truly,
Why use such an expression at all? Avoid hoping, trusting, awaiting, or any other artificial closing.
II. Sometimes a writer makes an effort to be extremely courteous, but fails because he uses hackneyed wording; as,