First, the letterhead

The letterhead refers to the sender's name (company name), address and date, which is generally written in the upper right corner of the stationery. Generally, the name, address and telephone number of the company or company are printed on the stationery of official letters or business letters, so you just need to write the date of writing on the right below the letterhead. ?

second, the address in the letter

in general social letters, the address of the recipient in the letter is usually omitted, but not in official letters. Write the name and address of the recipient on the left corner below the date of the letterhead. The requirements are the same as those for the letterhead, and there is no need to write the date.

Third, address

is the address used by the writer to address the recipient. It is located one or two lines below the address in the letter, starting from the top of the line, and usually uses a comma (British style) or a colon (American style) after the address.

(1) When writing to relatives, relatives and close friends, use "Dear" or "My dear" plus a title to express kinship or call them by their first names (first names, not surnames here). For example: My dear father, Dear Tom, etc.

(2) use Dear Madam, Dear Sir or Gentleman(Gentlemen) for official letters. Note: Dear is purely a polite form of business dealings. Gentlemen always appears in the plural form, with no deal before it, which is the plural form of Dear sir.

(3) A letter addressed to the recipient can also be written with a title, position, professional title, degree, etc. plus a surname or surname and first name. For example: dear prof. timscales, dear dr. John Smith.

Fourth, the text

is located at the bottom of the address form, which is the core part of the letter. Therefore, the text is required to be clear-cut and easy to understand. Like Chinese letter bu

, Hello is generally not used in the text! (hello! There are two types of text: indented and flush. The first letter of the first line of each letter is slightly indented to the right, usually five letters, and the second line of each paragraph is written from the top box on the left, which is indentation. However, when Americans write a letter, they often use a head-to-head style instead of indentation, that is, each line starts from the top box on the left. Business letters are mostly written in parallel.

V. Conclusion

On the first and second lines below the text, starting from the middle right of the stationery, the first word should be capitalized and the sentence should be comma at the end. Different objects, the conclusion is written in different ways.

(1) Write to relatives, using Your loving grandfather, Lovingly yours, Lovingly, etc.

(2) Write to acquaintances and friends in Yours cordially, Yours affectionately, etc.

(3) Write business letters with Truly yours(Yours truly), Faithfully Yours (Yours Faithfully), etc.

(4) use your obediently (obediently yours), your respectfully (respectfully yours) and so on for superiors and elders.

VI. Signature

One or two lines lower than the conclusion, starting from the middle right of the letter paper, just below the conclusion, and the name typed by a typewriter under the signed name for identification. The position and title can be typed below the name. Of course, there is no need to type letters to relatives and friends.

Extended information:

Notes for writing:

1. The first letter of the ending should be capitalized, and a comma should be added at the end.

2. If you want to distinguish the endings for the recipients, you can use Sincerely yours, Yours sincerely or sincerely for the close counterparts; For ordinary friends, you can use Your friend；; If children write to their parents, use your loving son (daughter); For elders, write Respectfully yours, and for business dealings, use FaithfulYours.

3. The signature at the end must be signed in person, not typed, and after signing, no punctuation marks are added.

4. The address is written in the opposite way to Chinese; In principle, English addresses are from small to large. For example, the house number and street name must be written first, then the city, province (state) and postal code, and the name of the country should be written in the last line.

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