1. Business – Formal Letters Personal – Informal Letters
CORRESPONDENCE
Business – Formal Letters
Personal – Informal Letters

2. Try to name the differences
15 Oak St
Hatfield, CA 08065
AT&T
87 Delaware Road
Sacramento, CA 08062
14 March 2010
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to apply for the position of a receptionist
advertised in the Times. I am very interested in working
with people. I am hard-working and I have a lot of
experience from the position of a hotel receptionist.
I am enclosing my CV and references from the Eagle
Hotel.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours faithfully,
Jiri Maly
Hi Jane,
How are you doing? I hope you´re fine.
I´m writing to tell you our little Simon is
sick again. I don´t know when we come to
Prague because the weather is terrible
and the doctor told me to keep him
in bed.
It will be nice if you can come for a day or
two. We can have some barbecue if the
weather gets better. Just don´t bring any
meat!
I hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Pavlina

3. Structure of a Formal Letter
Sender´s address
Receiver´s address
Date
Salutation
Body of the letter
Complimentary close
Signature

4. Date Writing 14 March 2010 March 14, 2010 14th March 2010
02/04/10 !!! Confusing !!! USA x GB

5. Courtesy Titles
Mr.
Mrs.
Miss
Ms.
Messrs.

6. Salutation Dear Sir, Dear Madame, (woman single or married)
Dear Sirs, (for company GB)
Dear Gentlemen, (for company US)
Dear Sir or Madame,

7. Coplimentary Closes
Yours faithfully – when begins Dear Sir, Madam, Sirs, etc.
Yours sincerely – w´hen begins Dear Mr. Jones,
Yours truly/ Truly yours (US only!!)