The composition of English letters can be divided into eight parts:
Title, date, name and address, title, letter, conclusion, signature and postscript.
Title: Name or address of the sender's company mentioned in the letter. Generally speaking, the sender only needs to write his address in the upper right corner of the letter, which is about 1 inch away from the letterhead, which can occupy two, three or four lines.
Date: Pay attention to the following points when writing the date: ① Write the full name of the year, if "99" cannot be used instead of "1999"; ② The month should be written in English. Besides May May and July, abbreviations such as sep. and oct. can also be used. But don't use numbers instead, such as 7/4/99 or 7,4,99, because this date is on April 7, 1999 for the British representative/KLOC-0, and on July 4, 1999 for the American representative/KLOC-0. ③ Dates can be 1, 2, 3, 4 …1,12…2 1, 22…3 1, etc. Or first, second, third, fourth … eleventh, twenty-first … twenty-second … thirty-first, and so on.
Several ways to write the date: a. 1 July 7, 998 b. 1998 65438+ 10/0. Thirty years ago. 1997d.1September 3, 999 ④ Pay special attention to the fact that the date of English letters should be written next to the address of the writer, not after the signature of the letter like Chinese letters.
Recipient's name and address (within the name and address): after the address and date of the writer are written, the name and address of the recipient should also be written. General business letters or letters to unfamiliar friends should be written, and letters to close friends can be omitted. This item is written in the upper left corner of the next line of the date. The name of the recipient should be written on one line, and the address of the recipient can be divided into two or three lines.
Address: refers to the address at the beginning of a letter, such as dear, sir, uncle, etc. Various addresses vary from person to person. Generally speaking, a comma is used after the address, but a colon is also used.
Letter (letter body) Letter is the main part of the letter, that is, the content of the letter. The text should start with the following two lines. The first letter of a letter is usually flush with the first word of the address. There are four or eight letters upside down. The following are some opening remarks and concluding remarks.