letter writing

LETTER WRITINGBUSINESS

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PARTSSenders Address/ Return AddressDate LineInside Address/Receiver Address Name (Mr. Ms. Mrs. etc) Designation may follow AddressSalutation: Dear + Courtesy title(honorific)+surname Dear + First Name Dear + Designation of the receiverSubject Line (optional)Body of the letterComplementary CloseSignature of the senderReference initialsSpecial Section

Some complementary close most suitably

used

Yours faithfully‘an employee writes to employer or when writing to people of higher designation in an organization.’

Yours truly‘can be an alternative for the first one.’

Yours sincerely‘Among colleagues or of equal rank.’

Yours obediently‘Students write to a teacher or a head of an institution.’

Respectfully‘writing to special dignitaries’

Regards, Kind regards‘are some neutral complementary close now frequently used.’

Formats

INDENT FORMAT

RETURN ADDRESS

XXXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX X X XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX X

XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX.

COMPLEMENTARY CLOSESIGNATURE

COMPLETE BLOCK FORMAT

MODIFIED BLOCK FORMAT

AMS or SIMPLIFIED FORMAT

ALL LEFT

Recommended by National Office Management Association and American Management Association

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