The correct signature would be 'Mit besten Gr"ussen', so neither version is completely correct. 'Mit freundlichen Gr"ussen' is also very common. Hope this helps, kind regards, Hartmut thane@best.com@mailman.xmission.com on 16.11.2002 06:33:20 Bitte antworten an math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Gesendet von: math-fun-admin@mailman.xmission.com An: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Kopie: Thema: [math-fun] The two Germanys This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- These two signatures from recent math-fun postings challenge my passing familiarity with German plurals and/or the treatment of the dative case. Which is correct? Or perhaps both? Mit besten Gr"usse, Aviezri Fraenkel. Mit bestem Gr"usse, Richard K. Guy. Alles Gute! Thane Plambeck 650 321 4884 office 650 323 4928 fax http://www.qxmail.com/home.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun