For and on behalf of

[thussain]

When writing a business letter for someone else do you sign your own name followed by "for and on behalf of" your colleague's name or do you miss out your name and just put "for and on behalf of" their name?

I don't want to put pp as it's an email.

[ixychip1001A]

You put


Your name,

sent on behalf of...Your Colleague's Name.

You should do this so there is a follow up trail even on an email..

[Oneeyedvic]

I disagree.

You sign it:

Yours sincerely

pp [Your signature]

Colleagues Name
Colleagues Position

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procuration

[Oneeyedvic]

Ignore me - didn't see the second part of the question!

d'oh

[annie0000]

I usually go into my profile and change myself to the person I am sending from - it then says Joe Bloggs or whatever at the top then sent by your own name - saves all the mucking about - email is supposed to be informal - if you want to be formal, then type a letter and send it as an attachment.

[jno]

I think the recipient is entitled to know where an email is coming from. Could you just say 'Jo has asked me to write to you about this...' ?

[chakka35]

Since pp stands for "per procurationem" which means "on behalf of" it goes before your colleague's name (not your own name as oneeyedvic advises). And what is wrong with using pp in an e-mail?

[thussain]

Thanks everyone.

To answer chakka35, I usually associate pp with a signature not a typed name, so it didn't seem appropriate. Also, the person I was writing to is foreign so I'm not sure if pp translates globally - but that's another question!

[Oneeyedvic]

d'oh got it completely wrong today! That'll teach me for logging on the computer at 6am bleary eyed!

[Vesper99]

Wait a minute. Doesn't per procurationem mean 'by the agency of..' in which case you write your own name after pp? Keep going oneeyedvic.

[jno]

I think chakka's right, so it's

jno
pp God

or the other way round when I get him to sign my cheques for me

[chakka35]

This is becoming interesting.

I had always thoght of pp as standing for per pro, which I assumed was short for per procurationem.
But Chambers gives ( under 'pp') separate definitions for the two phrases, viz:

per procurationem = by proxy

per pro = for and behalf of