Letter Writing in English

3/11/2011 Letter Writing in English Mohammad Fathi Electrical Engineering,University of Kurdistan,Sanandaj,Iran mfathi@ieee.org February2011 Writing LetterWriting • Personal letter • Business letter Visit http://www.letterwritingguide.com/ http://www.sampleletters.in/ Book:A course in letter writingfor Iranian students,Mrs.Sarah.J. RutledgeMoridi for sampleletters. 1 3/11/2011 Personal Letters: Layout Heading:Writer`s address 261 Azadi Street Tehran July 20, 2010 Salutation:is the greeting of your letter. A comma always follows thesalutation. Examples:DearMr.Smith,DearAli,DearUncle Reza,DearMrs. Jones Neveruse both first nameand lastname. Body: Here you say what you have to say Introduction Development Conclusion Personal Letters: Layout Closing:choose the words that are closest to the meaning which you wish to convey. Only the first word is capitalized. The closing is always followed by acomma. Examples:Sincerely yours,Regards,Best Regards,Best,Your friend Signature Signthe name you usually use. Do not place any punctuation after the signature. 2 3/11/2011 Personal Letters: Layout placement Heading Salutation Body Closing Signature 3 3/11/2011 Personal Letters: Body Introduction Refer to aletter you have recently received,e.g.I was veryhappy when I received your letteryesterday,or Thankyousomuch for answering mylatter so quickly. Refer to an event which has prompted you write,e.g.I am writing totell you…,or I am sosorry… If you haveadefinite purpose or pressingneed,writeit directly,e.g.I need a letter of invitation from youto… Purpose themost important part Writeas tactfully as you can Conclusion Round off theletter with apolitewish. Example:I hop you will be ableto…,I am lookingforward to hearing from you soon,I appreciate your timeand effort, Personal Letters Invitations It is my pleasureto invite you to …,I would like to invite you to … Thank-you Informal:Thankyou somuch for…, Formal:I wouldliketo thankyou for .. Congratulations:are sent to mark your happiness at someone else’s success. Congratulations! ,Please accept my warmestcongratulations! Reply:It was very kind of you to send me goodwishes. 4 3/11/2011 Personal Letters Condolence: if someone dies and we write to a relative to express our sympathy. I was so sorry to hearabout the death of yourfather;please accept ourcondolence. I wish to expressmy sympathy for the death of your husband. It was a great shock to learn of the death of your brother.please accept our condolence. Reply:thankyou very much for your kind letterof sympathy. Apology shows that you are sorry and says that you value yourrelationship with the otherparty. Sample: Invitation letter 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn