Choose the appropriate option from the given alternatives for the subscription of a letter to the editor of a local daily.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Yours truly
A letter to the editor is a formal letter to a person the writer does not know personally. In the format followed in Indian schools it closes with the subscription "Yours truly" (or "Yours faithfully"), followed by the writer's name.
Example: Yours truly, Anil Kumar.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Yours sincerely — Incorrect. "Yours sincerely" is used when the writer knows the receiver and addresses him by name, as in a letter to a teacher or a business contact.
Option 3: Yours obediently — Incorrect. "Yours obediently" is an old closing used by a junior to a superior, as in an application to a principal or an officer; the editor is not the writer's superior.
Option 4: Yours truthfully — Incorrect. "Yours truthfully" is not a letter closing in English.