Writing letters

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Nowadays, we don’t need to write letters very often and it’s become a dying art. Emails, Facebook, Twitter and instant messaging mean that we can stay in touch all the time. There are still, however, times when writing a letter is appropriate, and it’s good to know when, and how to write one.

The layout

The following images will help you understand ho to organize a letter:  

1. Informal letter

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2. Formal letter

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Writing Style: Formal & Informal

As you have seen in the examples of the layouts the language we use in both types of letters is different depending on the person/people you are writing to: Forml or Informal   You can learn a bit more in the following videos:  

Letter Writing

Letter writing: formal & informal

  The table below contains a summary of the kind of language expressions to use in each style:  

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