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1.06 How to write a formal letterWith the advent of email, it is becoming less and less common to write letters, but the few letters that you will write will probably be very important ones, such as covering letters for job applications, covering letters for questionnaires or surveys which are part of your research, or letters of complaint to your bank manager.It is very important, therefore, that your letters have the desired effect on the reader. In order to achieve this, they should be: in the correct format short and to the point relevant free of any grammatical or spelling mistakes polite, even if you’re complaining well presented
This guide will give some general advice on letter writing and includes some sample letters.If you are replying to a letter it can be a good idea to note how that letter has been formatted and expressed.
FormatThere are certain conventions that your reader will expect you to follow; if you don’t, you will create a bad impression.Here is a letter in standard format. Refer to the notes afterwards for explanation.42, Greyhound Road
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B42 6HJ
Mr. E. Scrooge
The Manager
Barclay’s Bank Ltd
113 Mammon Street
Andover
HU4 9ET
5 April 2008
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Yours sincerelyJane Teller Sign you name directly below this and then print it below the signature. Top of page
avoid emotive, subjective language (terrible, rubbish etc) avoid vague words such as nice, good, get etcYou should always be polite and respectful, even if complaining. One way of doing this in English, which is common in formal letter writing, is to use ‘modal verbs’ such as would, could and should. Instead of simply writing Please send me, you could express this more formally as I would be grateful if you could send me ... Don’t overdo it though, and make your language too formal or maybe old fashioned; don’t look through a thesaurus and put in lots of unnecessarily long words.Having said this, British people tend to be fairly informal, even in business and academic circles, so it is normal to start using first names at an early stage. Top of pageMake sure the letter is well presentedFirst impressions are important, so use good quality paper, centre the letter on the page, don’t leave coffee stains on it, make sure you’ve spelt the person’s name correctly and don’t forget to sign it!
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