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'Thanks and Regards,' or 'Thanks and regards,'?
Should you use a comma/period after "Thanks"/"Regards" in email signatures?
In my company, we use "Best Regards" with a capital "R", not followed by a comma - is that acceptable?
I have searched the Internet, but I did not find any "official" style guide that clearly condemns or endorses the use of capitalization in the valedictory phrase. The vast majority of examples in the guides I found only use a capital letter at the beginning (e.g. "Yours faithfully"), but that is not something I can base a change of corporate policy on.
The second part of my question is about the comma. The sites I found have a slight tendency to use a comma, but I did not find any conclusive information on that either.
Our communication with customers and prospects has the following style:
Dear Mr John Doe
[Text]
Best Regards
Signature
As you can see, we use capitalization liberally and punctuation very sparingly. Please provide some proof for your opinion if you take the time to respond to my question.
