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20 20 Letter Writing

There are two types of letters.

(a) Informal letters
(b) Formal letters

Informal Letters

An informal (personal / friendly) letter is written to friends and relations.

It consists of given parts:

1. Heading 2. Salutation 3. Body 4. Subscription 5. Signature

1. Heading
The address is written in the given order:

Name of the house / apartment number
l
Name of the road
l
Name of the city
l
Name of the state
l
Pin Code
l
The address is written as follows in the top left-hand corner.

11, Nilgiri Apartments
Rohini

New Delhi 1100XX

(a) If writing within the country, the name of the country is not written.

(b) The date comes just under the writer’s address and can be written in different ways:
4 July 20XX Or July 14, 20XX

(c) A comma is used to divide the month and the year. No full stop is used in the heading as it
is not a sentence.

2. Salutation

The form of the salutation can be either ‘My Dear’ or ‘Dear’ depending on the writer’s relationship
with the receiver. ‘My Dear’ is more close than ‘Dear’ and is usually written to real relations and very
close friends.

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