structural elements of English letters \ xd \ xd \ (1) Letterhead. \xd\\xd\ letterhead includes the address of the sender and the date of sending. Many people don't pay much attention to keeping envelopes, so it is convenient for the recipient to reply by typing the sender's address in the letter. If you use stationery with a printed letterhead, just mark the date of sending. The letterhead is located at the top of the letter. In principle, the order from small to large (just the opposite of Chinese letters), the house number and street name or unit name occupy one line (too long can occupy two lines), the town name and postal code occupy one line, and the country name occupies one line. Then there is the mailing date, which is the last line of the letterhead. It can be written as month, day and year (British) or month, day and year (American), such as May8, 1996 or May 8, 1996. It must be noted that the name of the month should be written in English, otherwise there may be ambiguity, such as May 8, 1996, which Americans will understand as May 8, 1996. \xd\\xd\(2) Inside Address. \xd\ The address in the envelope includes the name and address of the recipient. The address in the envelope must be the same as the address in the envelope, otherwise there is an error, and the recipient can return the letter or forward it according to the address in the envelope. The first line of the envelope address is the name of the recipient, the second line is the position, and the address of the recipient is written from the third line. In principle, the writing method is the same as writing the address of the sender. \ xd \ xd \ (3) Salutation. \ xd \ xd \ appellation should be consistent with closeness. The most formal and least intimate address is Dear Sir (used in Britain) or Dear Genteman (used in America), which is generally used in official letters to government agencies and officials, or in business letters for the first time. People who are familiar with him should call him by his surname, and the most casual and closest address is by his first name, which is generally used for relatives and friends. However, it should be noted that when calling his surname, he should only call his surname, not his first name, and don't add Dr or Mr to his first name. If someone's full name is William, in addition, if the other person is a woman but doesn't know whether he should be called Mrs. or Miss, he can be called Ms.. British people are used to using commas to punctuate the address, while Americans are used to using colons (commas can be used between relatives and friends). \xd\\xd\(4) Body. \ xd \ xd \ The text is the main body of the letter. Like the requirements of Chinese letters, the content of the text should be prominent in theme, clear in level, concise in language and accurate in expression. If the text is very long and requires several pages of stationery, the page number and the name of the recipient should be indicated at the top left of each page, such as: Mr.WilliamJ.Hall \xd\\xd\(5) Comprehensive close. \xd\\xd\ Conclusion is a customary polite expression, which must echo the previous address. If you are called Dear Sir, you should choose the following concluding remarks: Very simcerely yours, Vedry respecrfully yours, Very truly yours, Sincerely yours or Yours sincedrely. Respe-crfullky yours or Yours Resperffullyfailly Yours or Yours faith-fully. If you call your surname first, you should choose the following as the conclusion: Sincerely yours or Yours sincerely. Truly yours or Yokkurs truly, Yours ever. If the first name is called, it means that the relationship between the writer and the recipient is close and friendly, and the following concluding remarks should be chosen: SincerelyYours, Love, All my love. \xd\\xd\(6) signature and sender's name (Signaturd and Name Addresser). \xd\ signature may be difficult to identify because it is handwritten, so it must be printed. You only need to sign your name, and you don't need to add Mr. or Mrs., and the title of degree, etc., but when you print your name, because there is no gender difference in Chinese names, you can add Mr. or Mrs., Miss., Ms. before Chinese phonetic names for the recipient's identification. English men don't need to add Mr., but women need to add Mrs., Miss., Ms., and you can add a degree after the printed name. \xd\\xd\ A complete English letter must contain the above six elements in sequence. If the letter has an attachment and it is necessary to remind the recipient, you can add an attachment note (Enclosure or Encl.) after the sixth element. If you find something missing after writing the whole letter, you can add Postscript or its abbreviation (P.S.) after the attachment notes to supplement it. \ xd \ \ xd \ [hide] \ xd \ [s: 23] \ xd \ \ xd \ i. The format of the envelope \ xd \ \ xd \ mswangxielan \ xd \ xd \ 15huahua. Stamp\xd\\xd\PeterBrown\xd\\xd\22,BlachpoolRoad\xd\\xd\Sydn