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    You Know The Person You Are Writing To

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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters. For formal letters, it recommends addressing the recipient by title and name if known, or with salutations like "Dear Sir" if unknown. It suggests endings like "Yours sincerely" and "Yours faithfully." For beginnings and endings of letters, it lists common phrases. For informal letters and emails, it suggests using first names only and more casual endings like "Take care" and "Love." It also lists possible openings and closings for both formal and informal correspondence.

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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters. For formal letters, it recommends addressing the recipient by title and name if known, or with salutations like "Dear Sir" if unknown. It suggests endings like "Yours sincerely" and "Yours faithfully." For beginnings and endings of letters, it lists common phrases. For informal letters and emails, it suggests using first names only and more casual endings like "Take care" and "Love." It also lists possible openings and closings for both formal and informal correspondence.

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    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters. For formal letters, it recommends addressing the recipient by title and name if known, or with salutations like "Dear Sir" if unknown. It suggests endings like "Yours sincerely" and "Yours faithfully." For beginnings and endings of letters, it lists common phrases. For informal letters and emails, it suggests using first names only and more casual endings like "Take care" and "Love." It also lists possible openings and closings for both formal and informal correspondence.

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    You Know The Person You Are Writing To

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    Julieta Villalba
    This document provides guidelines for writing formal and informal letters. For formal letters, it recommends addressing the recipient by title and name if known, or with salutations like "Dear Sir" if unknown. It suggests endings like "Yours sincerely" and "Yours faithfully." For beginnings and endings of letters, it lists common phrases. For informal letters and emails, it suggests using first names only and more casual endings like "Take care" and "Love." It also lists possible openings and closings for both formal and informal correspondence.

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    LETTER WRITING

    FORMAL LETTERS
    Titles

    You know the person you are writing to:


    Dear Mr Smith, Dear Ms Brown
    end the letter:
    Yours sincerely, Sincerely yours, Yours truly, Best regards

    You dont know the name of the person you are writing to:
    Dear Sir, Dear Madam
    Dear Sir or Madam
    To whom it may concern
    end the letter:
    Yours faithfully,

    Beginning your letters


    Following our telephone conversation this morning,
    I am writing in reply to your letter dated
    I am writing in response to your advertisement
    I am writing to inform you of
    I am writing to request more information on

    Ending the letter


    I hope to hear from you in the near future
    I will wait to hear from you
    I look forward to hearing from you in due course
    I can be contacted at the above address
    Please do not hesitate to contact me

    EMAILS AND INFORMAL LETTERS


    Start with:
    Hi Alice
    Alice
    Dear Alice
    end the email:
    Take care, Best wishes, Love,

    Openings
    How are you?, How have the family been?, I hope you are well
    Thank you for the letter and
    It was great to hear from you again
    It was no surprise to hear that
    Im sorry I havent written for so long
    I have so much to tell you

    Closing
    I must go and
    I guess its time I got on with
    I cant wait to hear from you.
    Dont forget to let me know
    PS

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