<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#3dffff"><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/15/2001 10:39:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
<BR>dcml-request@stp.ling.uu.se writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">About my "best wishes" signature: it accompanies all of my DCML emails.
<BR>I wish everyone the best, so I've never been concerned about which of my
<BR>emails can or cannot be accompanied with "best wishes" as signature.
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<BR>Maybe it's an improper or strange way of greeting people in English?
<BR>If so, I will change it into something else. I welcome any advice on this.
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<BR>Saying "Best Wishes" after you've said something nice is fine, saying "Best
<BR>Wishes" after you've said something not-nice is not fine: it's sarcasm.
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<BR>Steven Rowe
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