Question

Your friends and you have decided to go on a trip together. You want to bring along another friend of yours but are not sure if the others in the group would agree. You, therefore, write a letter to your friends, asking them if it would be okay if this friend could join you all for the trip. Which of the following is the best close for this letter?

• A. Thanking you,
• B. Yours sincerely,
• C. Yours faithfully,
• D. Yours truly,

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Yours truly,

The correct closing is Option D. The letter is being written to the friends and the writer may end referring to himself as 'Yours truly' in an informal manner. Options B and C are incorrect as they are used to close semi-formal and formal letters. Option A is incorrect as this is not a thanking letter and so such an end does not suit to the given context.