Address Format

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About Address Format  Before a letter or a postcard is mailed, we must address the envelope or the card. Write the full name and the address of the addressee in the middle part of the envelope or the card. Please note the order of the address, i.e. “house number —street name—district—city—state (province)—zip code—country”, which is just opposite to the Chinese way.

Sample Reading The 3 samples are the typical ways of address writing. In Sample 1, the addressee’s official rank is put under the full name, followed by the company name, each in a new line. Sample 2 is a regular format. In Sample 3, a third party (Mrs. Olga E. Cintron) is needed to pass the letter on to its addressee (Mr. Matthew Fox). The third party’s name (with C/o in front of it) is put under the addressee.

Sample 1 Jonathan Evans Manager of Human Resources Scientific Research, Inc International Parkway Atlanta, GA 姓名 职务 公司名称 门牌，街道 城市，州（缩写），邮编 Georgia

Sample 2 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rivkin 收信人姓名 294 Kent Street 门牌，街道 San Francisco, CA 城市，州（缩写），邮编 California

Sample 3 Mr. Matthew Fox 收信人姓名 C/o Mrs. Olga E. Cintron 收转人姓名 82 Fifth Street 门牌，街道 New York, NY 城市，州（缩写），邮编 C/o 是 “care of” 的缩写，意 指 “ 由 ······ 转交 ”

Exercises - A Directions: Correct the mistakes in the following addresses. a. ms. Ann Smith b. Mrs. Jones, Tom 145 Chance Lane No. 388 Decatur Street Philadelphia, PA Federal Way, WA c. President Peter Schmidt c. James Ellen Republic Lending Company Spring Street No Washington Ave. Los Angeles, CA96025 south Minneapolis, MN Ms. South No.1392 Spring Street Tom Jones Peter Schmidt President

Exercises - B Directions:Write these names and addresses on the envelope. Mark lives on 25th Avenue. His house number is His last name is Hammond. The zip code for Columbus is Columbus is in Ohio. Rita Hernandez is the director of marketing at the Crane Company in Miami. The company is on NW 107th Ave. at number The zip code in this area of Florida is

Sample writing for Ex. B a Mark Hammond 9500, 25th Ave. Columbus, Ohio b Rita Hernandez Director of Marketing Crane Company 4200 NW 107th Ave. Florida 33172

Exercises - C Directions: You are on vacation and you want to write a postcard to one of your friends. Complete the postcard. Greetings from the World Traveler To: Mr. Simon Lee 861 Lakeview Street Birmingham, MI The friend you are writing to is Simon Lee. He lives at 861 Lakeview Street, in Birmingham, Missouri. The zip code is

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