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Ⅴ Letter Writing Etiquette（第1页）

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Itisbeingharderaealetterwell.Slang，uionalgrammarandail-lingoshavemovedinandbeeseatureinourway.Butwhenwritier，weshouldkeepinmiakebackthewrittenwordsohasbee’sonforustsimpetuouslyaionallyaingis.So，wealetterdownandwaitbefit，justlikeonemaywalkawayfrumenttoorthinkthingsoverbef.Speoreadoverwhathasbeeheletterbeforeactuallyputtingitintothemail.

&ieisanimportantandvaluablelessononeshouldlearninhisherlife.Somepeoplemaymisuasjustabunchorwordsoactuallymeansmuchmorethanthat.Itmightbetheohereadergetofyouwheerarrivesatitsdestination，andthereadermaygetagoodpictureofwhhy.That’swhyletterwritieisreallyaoolforeveryooknow.

&ieappliestoinallkier，isapersonaloneorabusia，givethoughtt，gcarefullyhowyouwaotheretofyourletter.Makesuretouseprtoexpressysandthoughts.Maerbebroughtbackatalaterdateasproofofyourcharaightactuallybearesultoarealrefleofwhoyoutrulyare.So，jotdowhoughtsbef，ahemiendparagraphs.Onceyouhavefier，putitasideaagainafewhoursordayslaterbeforeyouactuallysenditout.

&iesuggestswritiaithereadereasilyuahebeginningofyourstoryorproblemandgoforwardfromthere.Don’tjumparoundfromthepresenttopastandba.Thiswillfuseyourreadersandthrowthemoffofwhatytotellthem.So，youshouldexpressyourideasdcisely，stayingwithshortsentendusiivewordstoeaning.Followiiewillkeepyoufromsoundingdullandlong-winded，ahereaderiedandreadingquicklythroughthepapertofindtheending.

Aofletteretiquettethatyoueglectisgrammar.Youwilldistractthereadersifyourletterisfullofgrammaticalerrors.Wheheyreadethingthatisgrammatig，theirbrainwillstopandfothethingthatjustl.Mentallytheywillbetratedonthiserrorahemawayfromwhatytoexpressier.Andevenworse，youmightruntheriskoflosingyourreaderpletelyifyourletterisfullofgrammaticalerrors.Theymaypossiblygiveupreadiheyevergettotheendwhereyoumighthavesomeimportantentforthem.

Everyoneshouldmaketimetolearie.Seersisaensionofshowingwhomyouare，andbadwritingandgrammarwillshowthereadersthatyouareodoesakenseriously.What’sworse，alettersentinangerorfullofinsultsaswillooshowyouiivelightthatbeusedagainstyouataaketimetetiquettewhieinhandymanytimesinyourlife.

&heredwheterthatisen，properlyformatted，aed?Weallknowthatgoodfirstimpressioniscrucialtosudwealsokanceofgoodhaogivingagoodfirstimpressioingsomeoneinperson.Equallyimportantaspartofyourtotalappearanceismakingagoodfirstimpressionwithyourdence.

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Formallettersaregenerallywrittenon8.5×11sheetsofqualityplainpaperorpre-priionery.Yournameoryoureshouldbeclearlyidentifiable，whileyouraddressainformationshouldalsobeeasytofindandread.

■FtheLetter

&ypesizeatershouldbet，andthismaymakeiteasytoreadandhelpdefineyouroverallage.Themostonlayoutstyleforbusinessdeojustifytheleftmarginaralioindieh.Itdoesheryouili.Ouroionisnht-justifyaletterbecauseitactuallymakesthelettermoredifficulttoread.Takelayingoutyourlettertohavebalansallaround.

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Startaformalletterwiththefollowinginformation，inthisorder:

◆Date

&hedatethattheletterisbei，spelliiredateiheAmeristyle（May1，2012）orEuropeanstyle（1May2012）.Neveruseanyformofabbreviation.Typiorethantwotothreelinespacesfollowthisline.

◆AddresseeandInsideAddress

&emsbelowshouldbewritteelines:

It’sbesttoaddressthepersonproperlyasMiss，Ms.，Mrs.orMr.（asapplicable）followedbytheirfirstandlastoshowyourrespectifitisthefirst-timelettertohimher.Iftheaddresseehasadesignation，suchasM.D.orPh.D.，useoatime.Fori“Ali，M.D.”

，nreen，M.D.”

.

&eringtheate，typetheentirename，suchas“ia”

，alcode“CA”

whichjustappearsohereusuallyaretwo-linesspacesfollowingthisblock.

&ingandSalutation

&iatesalllettersbeginwith“Dear”

followedbytheaddressee’shonorifidlasthenfollowedbyaa（inUSA），suchas“DearDr.Green;”