Letter Writing

Letter Writing [1]

Personal Letter: Relatives, friend and a letter regarding personal and social activities.

Formal Letter: Unfamiliar person, application, a letter to the editor.

Business Letter: One businessman to another.

Parts of Letter

Address: (small to bigger, left side)

Daksinamurti Marg,

Mitrapark, Kathmandu

Nepal

Date: (left side)

20^th November/ Nov 20^th 2006/ Nov 20, 2006/ 20/11/2006/ 20.11.2006

Salutation: Whom you write

Eg. My dear father, Dear father

Body: Minimum into 3 paragraphs

1^st paragraph: Why, how, within a couple of sentence

2^nd paragraph: Details of your letter

3^rd paragraph: sum up: once again emphasize your main views

Valediction: Farewell word

Eg. Yours obediently

Signature: Name of the writer

Envelop:

How to make a good letter?

• Write a letter according to a given format.
• Use simple words and short sentences.
• Sentences must be grammatically correct.
• No spelling mistake.
• Proper way of presentation.
• While writing a letter, one has to think he/she is not writing in the exam hall but to the concerned person.
• The writer has to write his/her clear views.
• Unnecessary thing which is not concerned with the letter mustn’t be written.
• Use polite words and never accuse others.

How to write valediction?

Love, With Love, Yours Ever Loving, Your Loving Son, Yours Lovingly, Yours Sincerely, Sincerely Yours, Your Sincere Friend.