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Originally Posted by Esther Murer
Letter closure from my high school French book (60 years ago, and I'm not going to bother with diacritical marks):
Veuillez accepter, mon cher monsieur, mes sentiments les plus distinguees.
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They done taught you wrong, Esther! 'Sentiments' is masculine, so it should be 'distingués'. A feminine alternative is 'salutations les plus distinguées'.
Bazza, there is also 'amicalement' when writing to friends. 'Cordialement' is good, but can cover a wide range of meanings, including (when writing, for instance, to complain about a defective purchase) 'fuck off'.