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Friendly or Personal Letters

Friendly or Personal Letters. Mme Adèle Scott. Personal letters , also known as friendly letters , and social notes normally have five parts. . 1. The Heading.

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Friendly or Personal Letters

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  1. Friendly or PersonalLetters Mme Adèle Scott

  2. Personalletters,alsoknown as friendlyletters, and social notes normally have five parts.

  3. 1. The Heading • This includes the address, line by line, with the last line being the date. Skip a line after the heading. The headingisindented to the middle of the page. If usingpreaddressedstationery, addjust the date.

  4. 2. The Greeting • The greetingalwaysendswith a comma. The greetingmaybeformal, beginningwith the word "dear" and using the person'sgivenname or relationship, or itmaybeinformal if appropriate. • Formal: DearUncle Jim, Dear Mr. Wilkins, • Informal: Hi Joe, Greetings, • (Occasionallyverypersonalgreetingsmay end with an exclamation point for emphasis.)

  5. 3. The body • Alsoknown as the main text. This includes the message youwant to write. Normally in a friendlyletter, the beginning of paragraphsisindented. If not indented, be sure to skip a spacebetweenparagraphs. Skip a line after the greeting and before the close.

  6. 4. The complimentary close • This short expression isalways a few words on a single line. It ends in a comma. It shouldbeindented to the samecolumn as the heading. Skip one to threespaces (twoisusual) for the signature line.

  7. 5. The signature line • Type or printyourname. The handwritten signature goesabovethis line and below the close. The signature line and the handwritten signature are indented to the samecolumn as the close. The signature shouldbewritten in blue or black ink. If the letterisquiteinformal, youmay omit the signature line as long as yousign the letter.

  8. Postscript • If yourlettercontains a postscript, beginitwithP.S. and end itwithyourinitials. Skip a line after the signature line to begin the postscript.

  9. Postscript • If yourlettercontains a postscript, beginitwithP.S. and end itwithyourinitials. Skip a line after the signature line to begin the postscript.

  10. Format for a Friendly or PersonalLetter • The followingpicture shows what a one-pagefriendly or personallettershould look like. The horizontal linesrepresentlines of type. Click your mouse pointer on any part of the picture for a description and example of that part.

  11. Commas in LetterWriting • Use commas after the salutation (alsocalled the greeting) in a personalletter and after the complimentaryclosing in all letters. • Salutation: • Dear Fred, • MydearestEmmeline, • Closing: • Sincerely, • Trulyyours,

  12. Capital Letters in Letters • There are twoadditionalrules for capitalizingwhenwritingletters. • 1. Capitalize the first word and all nouns in the salutation (or greeting). • Correct: • Dear Sir: • MydearestAunt, • Greetings! • 2. Capitalize the first word in the complimentaryclosing. • Correct: • Sincerely, • Trulyyours, • With best wishes,

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