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Bookmark or Share- conjunctions - "All but" idiom has two meanings? - English Language ...The championship is all except decided. The confusion exists because, sometimes, you can remove 'x' from the first use: All but the oldest fruit was still edible. How you can tell the difference here is that you can easily move the subject (fruit) between "all" and "but" and the sentence will still make sense: All fruit but the oldest was still ...
- Should a note be addressed with "Hi all" or "Hi All"?Now to capitalize "all" or not. Stylistically, it has been common to capitalize "all" in "Dear All," but I can identify no grammar rule to support that practice. "All" is not a proper noun. Only proper nouns (personal names) are capitalized. Note, when ending a letter, the proper grammar is to use "Best regards," or "Thank you,".
- Difference between "Warm regards" and "Best regards"According to the Oxford English Dictionary regards as a valediction literally means “best wishes,” therefore writing “best regards” is redundant. Avoid using it altogether. “Warm regards” and “Kind regards” were both created specifically to avoid this misusage.
- Which one is correct, "best wishes to you" or "best wishes for you"?Best wishes to you is correct. I've never heard a native English speaker say "best wishes for you", and there are no examples of "best wishes for you" in the British National Corpus. "Best wishes for 2011" or "best wishes for the new year" are fine. For more examples, see Google or the British National Corpus.
- "All The Best" vs "Best of Luck" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeBest of luck with your exams; All the best for the future; etc. So if you knew someone was having a job interview you might say "Best of luck for tomorrow!" but if you said "All the best" it would sound more like you were wishing them well for a long time - so you might say it if you didn't know when (or if) you were going to see them again.
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