English letter format:

1. Heading:

It refers to the sender's name (company name), address and date, which is generally written in the upper right corner of the stationery.

The name, address and telephone number of the company or company are printed on the stationery of general official letters or business letters, so you only need to write the date of writing on the right below the letterhead. ?

English addresses are written in a completely different way from Chinese. The names of addresses are in descending order: the first line is the house number and street name, the second line is the county, city, province, state, zip code and country name, and then the date is written.

punctuation marks are generally not used at the end of each line, but they should be used between lines, for example, when writing dates.

2. Date writing:

For example, July 3th, 1997, in English: July 3th, 1997 (the most common), July 3th, 1997, July 3th, 1997, etc. 1997 cannot be written as 97.

3. Inside 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 on the left corner below the date of the letterhead. The requirements are the same as those for the letterhead, and there is no need to write the date.

4. Salutation:

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

when writing to relatives, relatives and close friends, use Dear or My dear, plus a title to express kinship or call them by their first names (here, first names, not surnames).

for example: My dear father, Dear Tom, etc.

use Dear Madam, Dear Sir or Gentleman(Gentlemen) for official letters. Note: Dear is purely a polite form of business dealings.

gentleman always appears in the plural form, and it is the plural form of Dear sir without adding dear before it.

a letter to the recipient can also be written with a title, position, professional title, degree, etc. plus a surname or surname and first name.

for example: dear professor. Tim scales, dear Dr. John Smith.

5. Body of the letter:

The address forms are separated by a line below, which is the core part of the letter. Therefore, the text is required to be clear-cut and easy to understand.

unlike Chinese letters, 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, and the second line of each paragraph is written from the top box on the left. This is the indentation.

But when Americans write letters, they often don't need to indent each paragraph, but use a flush style, that is, each line starts from the top box on the left. Business letters are mostly written in parallel.

6. Conclusion Close:

One or two lines below the text, starting from the middle right of the stationery, the first word should be capitalized and the sentence should be ended with a comma. Different objects, the conclusion is written in different ways.

write to family and relatives, using Your loving grandfather, Lovingly yours, Lovingly, etc.

Write to acquaintances and friends, using Yours cordially, Yours affectionately, etc.

write business letters with Truly yours(Yours truly), faithfully yours (yours faithfully), etc.

use your obediently (obediently yours), your respectfully (respectfully yours) and so on for superiors and elders.

7. Signature:

It is one or two lines lower than the conclusion, starting from the right part of the middle of the letter paper, just below the conclusion, and the name typed by a typewriter under the signed name for easy identification.

the title and title can be typed below the name. Of course, there is no need to type letters to relatives and friends.

8. Postscript:

When a letter is finished, it suddenly reminds me of something that is missing. At this time, use p.s. to express it, and then write the missing words. Make a long story short. Usually at the left of the lines below the signature at the end of the letter, it should be flush with the main text.

note: in formal letters, you should avoid using postscript.