Here is the perfect way to end an email — and 27 sign-offs you should usually avoid: Here's What We're Reading
Writing an email isn"t so hard, but figuring out how to sign off can be a real challenge.
Is "cheers" too casual? Too pretentious? Too British? Is "sincerely" timeless and professional, or stodgy and overly formal?
Perhaps, as Matthew J.X. Malady persuasively argued at Slate, we should just call the whole thing off and ditch the email closer altogether.
But as anyone who has sat staring blankly at a screen, weighing "best" vs. "all best" vs. "all the best" knows, not signing off