business letter format
DESCRIPTION
Covers the basic business letter formatsTRANSCRIPT
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Business Letter Format
8 English Beaulieu
Hall Dale Middle School
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Parts of a Business Letter
Sender’s Address: top of the letter one line above the date - only street address, city, and zip code
Date: use American date format
Inside Address: recipient’s address
Salutation: same as inside address, including the personal title
Body: single space, left justify, and leave a blank line between each paragraph
Closing: capitalize the first word only and leave 4 lines between the closing & the sender’s name (for a signature)
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Common Formats
Block Format: format from slide before...
Modified Block: same as block except the date & closing are tabbed to the center point and begin to type
Semi-Block: each paragraph is indented instead of left justified
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Font & Punctuation
Font: Times New RomanSize 12
Punctuation: after the salutation use a colon (:) and after the closing a comma (,)
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Sources
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/
http://www.quickmeme.com/memes/Original-Business-Cat
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