Formal and informal letter

Exposition english II

1. Formal and Informal L etter Natalie Ramírez Dayana Molano

2. INTRODUCTION Formal and informal letters are commonly used to communicate with people far away or with businesses.

3. Formal letter .

4. USES They are letters addressed to people, companies or organizations with which we do not have a personal but rather professional treatment. It is addressed to strangers and addresses formal issues.

5. KEYWORDS GREETINGS: Dear Mrs. Rogers, Dear Julian Scott, FAREWELL: Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours cordially, Respectfully ,

6. STRUCTURE Basic components : Opening Introduction Body Conclusion . Closing

7. Opening : Name and address of sender. Example: Capital Federal, April 14, 2012 Subject: Inauguration party invitation Dear Ms. Juana Scott, Editor of Gourmet Magazine.

8. Introduction : Here we briefly describe the reason for our letter. Examples: My name is Jess Morgan and together with my colleagues we writing this letter as We would like to invite you to open the new branch of the Italian restaurant Amici.

9. Body : body of the letter Example : Do not hesitate to attend the event with your family on the 20th of this month in Peña 322 at 20 hours. In addition to a banquet in which we present our most representative menus will be invited as a prestigious jazz band and an exhibition of paintings that we know will be to your liking.

10. Conclusion : T hat we hope with this letter Example : Our intention is to thank you for all the support and advice you gave us throughout all these years.

11. Closing : Farewell to the letter Example : Respectfully Jess Morgan

12. Do not use contractions : X I’ve Gone I have gone Do not use simple present: X I write this e-mail. I writing this e-mail.

13. An Informal Letter They usually turn to family and friends to keep in touch with them, congratulate them on something, or just tell them something about our lives. The language used is simple and similar to the one used in everyday life.

14. The scheme to follow would be as follows: Opening : It is not necessary to put the address of the recipient and we can start the letter with dear + the name of the person. Introduction : Briefly, we explain the reason for our letter. Body : Is the body of the letter, where we report everything we want to say to the person. Closing :   Is the farewell of the letter. We sign only by writing our name.

15. Expressions at the beginning of the letter: It was great to hear from you ! Fue genial escuchar de usted ! I ’ have got so much to tell you. Tengo mucho que decirte . Farewell expressions: That's all for now. Eso es todo por ahora. Take care. Cuídate .

16. Bibliography Una manera diferente de aprender inglés. Recovered : http ://aprendeinglessila.com/2013/10/como-escribir-una-carta-o-email-formal-ingles /# Langool . Recovered : http://www.langool.com/blog/como-escribir-carta-formal-y-carta-informal-en-ingles / Examples formal letter . Recovered : http://ejemplosde.org/cartas/cartas-formales /

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