The name and contact information of the company writing a letter are at the top on the right or in the centre
The name and address of the addressee are at the top on the left (the addressee is the person you are writing to)
The date is on the right.
Be careful with the date!!!
In Britain they write the day first:
· 12 06 12 – 12 June 2012 (the twelfth of June)
In the USA they write the month first:
· 12 06 12 – 6 December 2012 (the sixth of December)
There are different ways to open a letter:
Dear Sirs - to a company
Dear Sir - to a man if you don’t know his name
Dear Madam - to a woman if you don’t know her name
Dear Mr Smith - to a man
Dear Mrs Smith - to a married woman
Dear Miss Smith - to an unmarried woman
Dear Ms Smith - to a married or an unmarried woman
Dear John - to a friend or someone you know well
| !!! It is wrong to open a letter with “Dear Mr John or Dear Mr John Smith”
The way we close the letter depends on how we open it.
Dear Sirs/Sir/Madam - Yours faithfully
Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss/ Ms Smith -Yours sincerely
Dear John - Best wishes
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The writer’s name and position are placed under the signature.
ATTENTION!!!
The paragraphs start at the margin (с новой строки) and there are line spaces (междустрочный пробел) between them.
There is no punctuation in the address or after “Yours faithfully/sincerely” or Dear….”
| UNTERCITY BANK Plc
58 Jalan Thamrin · Jakarta · Indonesia
Telephone 376018 · Telex · 6756
Mr. S Basuki
Jakarta Furnishings
7 Jalan Arjuna
Jakarta 12 January 2012
Dear Mr. Basuki
Re: Office furniture
We are expanding our office in Jakarta and we will need extra desks, lights, chairs and filing cabinets.
Please send your catalogues with your prices, sizes and colours for these items.
Yours sincerely
Peter Woods
Peter Woods
Manager
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