English letters are one of the most commonly used applied styles. For ordinary personal letters, they usually consist of five parts:

1. Letterhead: refers to the address and date of the sender. Write it in the upper right corner of the stationery, starting near the center of the stationery. Leave a blank on the letterhead. Write the sender's address first. The address is not written in Chinese. You should write small places first, then big places. Write the date under the address. The order of dates is: month, day, year or day, month and year. For example: May 17? 2003。 There is a comma before the year.

2. Address: refers to the address of the recipient. Write it under the stationery, starting from the left side of the stationery. When writing a letter to a familiar person, the title is usually Dear … or My Dear …. Dear Li Lei, dear Miss Thomas or my dear father. ..

3. The subject of the letter: refers to the main part of the letter. Start at the top of the first paragraph and write it on the next line of the title. Starting from the second paragraph, the first word of each paragraph is indented by 3 or 5 letters.

4. Conclusion: refers to the last pleasantries below the text. Generally speaking, letters are written from the middle to the right, with the first letter capitalized and a comma at the end. In informal social letters, you often use Yours or conscientious. If the other person is a close friend, can you use yours sincerely? Yours, wait.

5. Signature: refers to the sender's signature. Write it at the bottom of the conclusion, a little to the right.

Besides, the writing of English envelopes is different from that of Chinese. The address of the general recipient is written in the center or lower right corner of the envelope. Write your name on the first line and your address at the bottom. The sender's name and address can be written in the upper left corner of the envelope or on the back of the letter.

The format of English letters

1, heading

Refers to the sender's name (company name), address and date, usually written in the upper right corner of the stationery. Generally, the name, address and telephone number of a company or company are printed on the letterhead of an official letter or business letter, and you only need to write the date directly below the letterhead. The writing of English addresses is completely different from that of Chinese, and the names of addresses are arranged in descending order: the first line writes the house number and street name; On the second line, write down the county, city, province, state, postal code and country name; Then write the date. Punctuation marks are generally not used at the end of each line, but should be used between lines, such as when writing dates.

2. Date of writing:

For example:1July 30, 997, English: July 30 1997 (the most common); July 301997;

July 30 1997, etc. 1997 cannot be written as 97.

3. Internal address:

In general social letters, the address of the recipient in the letter is usually omitted, but not in official letters. Write the name and address of the recipient in the upper left corner below the letterhead date. The requirements are the same as stationery, and there is no need to write a date.

4. Address:

It is the address from the writer to the recipient. It is located one or two lines below the address in the letter, starting from the top of a line, and usually followed by a comma (British) or colon (American).

(1) When writing to relatives, relatives and close friends, add a title with "dear" or "my dear" to express kinship or call them by their first names (here, it is a first name, not a surname). For example: my dear father, dear Tom, etc.

(2) Dear Lady, Dear Sir or Gentlemen is used for official letters. Note: Dear is purely a polite expression in business communication. Gentlemen always appear in the plural, and there is no deal in front of them. This is the plural of dear sir.

(3) The letter to the recipient can also include the title, position, professional title, degree, etc. Add surname or surname and first name. For example: dear Professor timscales, dear Dr. John Smith.

5. Text of the letter:

The following addresses are separated by a line, which is the core of the letter. So the text is required to be clear and easy to understand. believe it or not

Similarly, Hello is generally not used in the text! (hello! There are two types of text: indented and flush. The first letter of the first line of each letter is slightly indented to the right, usually five letters. The second line of each paragraph starts from the top box on the left, which is indentation. However, when Americans write letters, they usually use the method of end to end, rather than indentation, that is, each line starts from the top box on the left. Most business letters are written in parallel.

6. Conclusion (Full Closure):

One or two lines below the text, starting from the right middle of the stationery, the first word should be capitalized and the sentence should be comma at the end. Different objects, the conclusion is written differently.

(1) Write letters to family and relatives, using your loving grandfather, loving yours, loving, etc.

Write letters to acquaintances and friends, with your sincerity, your kindness and so on.

(3) Write business letters with Truely yours, Faithfully Yours, etc.

(4) Use your obedience (be good to you) and your respect (be respectful to you) for superiors and elders.

7. Signature:

One or two lines below the conclusion, starting from the middle right of the stationery, just below the conclusion and under the signature, should also be typed out by typewriter for easy identification. Positions and titles can be typed under the name. Of course, there is no need to write to relatives and friends.

8. Postscript:

After writing a letter, I suddenly remembered something I missed. At this time, I will use P.S. to express it, and then I can write out the missing words. I want to make a long story short. Usually on the left below the signature at the end of the letter, it should be flush with the text.

Note: Postscripts should be avoided in formal letters.

9. Shell:

If there is an attachment in the letter, you can indicate Encl: or Enc:

For example: Encl:2 photos (with two photos attached). If Fujian has multiple attachments, it should be written as Encl: or Encs.

We can sometimes see words like Re: or Subject: (cause) between the title and the text. Generally in the middle of the stationery, it can also be aligned with the "address". You should also add a horizontal line at the bottom to attract the reader's attention and make it easier for the recipient to understand the main content of the letter before reading it. Reasons are generally used in official letters and can also be omitted.

The format of English letters and the writing of envelopes

The format of English letters and the writing practice of English envelopes fill in envelopes.