Sunday 13 January 2013

Letter







    1. Letterhead

Letterhead is located at the top of the letter. Contains information about the company, such as Company Name, Address, Phone Number, and Website Letter head located at the very top of a letter.




         
    2.  Date
       Date contains the date, month and year of the letter was made. The format of writing the date on the letter may be positioned on the left or right of a letter. In writing the date on the letter there are several versions, namely British Style and American  Style
·         British Style, literary forms beginning with the day, month, and year as well as the writing of the date that we use, for example 10 April 2004


          ·         American Style, the form of writing dates in this format begins with the month, day, 
year as above sample letter is April 10, 2004


1 3.  Inside Address
Inside address contains the name and address of the destination, located at the top left of a letter after the date

 



14.  Reference

Reference aimed at Archiving or Documentation indicating the letters sent and letters received.
The format of writing a reference to the respondents was: 'MY REF: BKD/M3'.
If you want to add the reference of the sender, the format is written: MY REF: PRIV/08/21' or 'COMP REF: PRIV/08/21’. Reference is placed in the center of the top of the letter, below the inside address       

5. Salutation
Salutation is a greeting to begin writing a letter, Salutation is placed on the left position of a letter under reference
To write greeting usually includes the word "Dear" after the name of the destination
·         In the British style, is only permitted to use punctuation comma (,).
Example: Dear Mr Asep Sudasep,
·         In the American style, using only punctuation colon (:).
Example: Dear Mr. Adjat Sudrajat:



6. Subject
Is a line that is not required to be used and to placement of subjects divided into two placements, namely :

·         British Style
subject was placed under Salutation (between Salutation with Body Of Letter)
·         American Style
subject placed on the Salutation 

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7.  Body Of Letter
This section describes the contents of the letter in the form of discussion of the intent and purpose of this letter is made. To write the contents of this letter should be written clearly using appropriate language so that the language can be understood by the recipient

8. Complimentary Close
A complimentary close, also known as a complimentary closing, is the term prior to your signature in an email message or letter. A complimentary close shows your respect and appreciation for the person who is considering the request in your letter.
·         British style :  
Yours  Sincerely, With appreciation, With gratitude, Yours truly, Yours sincerely, Yours respectfully, Yours cordially

·         American style :
Sincerely yours, Best regards, Best wishes, I remain faithfully yours.


9. Signature
The signed name of the writer.  Formal or business letters include the full name of the writer printed below the signed name and most often include the writer’s title and/or professional designations.

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10.  The Writer's Designation
Is writing titles authors intend to find out that the writer is the person authorized to submit the letter.
In addition to the parts of the letter above, there are also other parts of the letter are included into the Business English Letter writing format such as postscript (PS), Carbon copy notation (CC), and Enclosure

5      11.  Enclosure
         Writing Enclosure or attachments to help authors or recipients to identify and examine the completeness of the included    attachments.If the attachments are incomplete or not in accordance with written, easy to control,Enclosure written on the bottom left of the letter. Here is an example of writing in a letter enclosure



1      12.  Postscript (Ps)
         A postscript, abbreviated PS or P.S., is writing added after the main body of a letter (or other body of writing)  Postscript may be a sentence, a paragraph, or occasionally many paragraphs added to, often hastily and incidentally, after the signature of a letter.

2       13.  Carbon Copy
         These initials are followed by a name or column of names, indicating those people to whom a copy of the letter is being   sent to.



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