MRS. MADHU YADAV LECT. IN ENGLISH G.P. LISANA,REWARI

LETTER WRITING Letter writing is one of the very effective modes of communication. Letters can be: Personal – to friends and relatives. Business – placing and receiving orders, complaints etc. Official – to different government or public offices. Invitations - formal and informal.

THE FORM OR STRUCTURE Each type of letter has its own particular form, but there are certain common features to all types. These are : The Heading The Date Greeting or Salutation The Body of the Letter or Content Leave – taking or Subscription The Address on the Envelope or Superscription

Addresses: 1) Your Address The return address should be written in the top right-hand corner of the letter. 2) The Address of the person you are writing to The inside address should be written on the left, starting below your address.

Date: Different people put the date on different sides of the page. You can write this on the right or the left on the line after the address you are writing to. Write the month as a word. Salutation or greeting: 1) Dear Sir or Madam, If you do not know the name of the person you are writing to, use this. It is always advisable to try to find out a name. 2) Dear Mr Jenkins, If you know the name, use the title (Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms, Dr, etc.) and the surname only. If you are writing to a woman and do not know if she uses Mrs or Miss, you can use Ms, which is for married and single women.

Ending a letter: 1) Yours Faithfully If you do not know the name of the person, end the letter this way. 2) Yours Sincerely If you know the name of the person, end the letter this way. 3) Your signature Sign your name, then print it underneath the signature. If you think the person you are writing to might not know whether you are male of female, put you title in brackets after your name. 

You are Rohan Lal, Basant Vihar, New Delhi You are Rohan Lal, Basant Vihar, New Delhi. Write a letter to the State Electricity Board about street lights in your colony. Basant Vihar New Delhi 7th July 2018 The General Manager State Electricity Board Subject:- Absence of street lights Sir I wish to draw your attention to the street lights in Basant Vihar. They have not been working for the last two months. This has led to many accidents and rise of many social activities. Almost every day one or the other person is injured. At night there is extreme darkness which is the cause of thefts and other incidents in the colony Kindly take urgent action to bring the street lights to working order. I hope that effective action would be taken soon and residents of the colony would enjoy safe and secure life soon. We shall be highly thankful to you for this kind act. Yours Faithfully Rohan Lal

Assignment You are Rohan of B-32 Vivek Nagar,New Delhi. Write a letter to the General Manager of Delhi Transport undertaking about poor bus service in your locality

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