_Wrong_: Yours of the 6th at hand and contents noted.
It is much better to refer indirectly to the receipt of a letter; as,
In the order you sent us on Aug. 5 ----
The same sort of mistake is seen in the all too frequent closing:
_Wrong_: Hoping that we hear from you soon,
Yours truly,
_Right_: Hoping that we hear from you soon, we are
Yours truly,
Why use such an expression at all? Avoid _hoping_, _trusting_,
_awaiting_, or any other artificial closing.
II. Sometimes a writer makes an effort to be extremely courteous, but
fails because he uses hackneyed wording; as,