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Good Business Letter 規範的商業書信. Reference: International Business Correspondence For All Occasions (Macmillan). General Guidelines -1. Be clear, brief and businesslike . Don’t write confused, overlong or pointless letters. Be polite, friendly and informal . Don’t be rude or patronizing.
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Good Business Letter規範的商業書信 Reference: International Business Correspondence For All Occasions (Macmillan)
General Guidelines -1 Be clear, brief and businesslike. Don’t write confused, overlong or pointless letters. Be polite, friendly and informal. Don’t be rude or patronizing.
General Guidelines -2 Write concise and purposeful letter. Don’t try to write in a literary style. Write to communicate. Don’t try to impress with your writing.
Letter Style -1 • Three popular styles used in business correspondence: • full-blocked style • semi-blocked style • modified blocked style
Letter Style the appearance of the letter Full Block Semi-Block 1.1 position of dateline in the middle of the page 2. indented first line of the paragraph 1.2 complimentary closing and signature
Letter Style the modified-blocked style This style is the combination of the full-blocked and semi-blocked styles. The only difference is that the opening line of each paragraph is not indented.
Basic parts of a letter sample Letterhead Date Inside Address /Addresser’s address Salutation Body of the letter Complimentary Closing Signature
(7)Enclosure Notation 標示法為Enclosure或縮寫為Enc.及Encl.或寫Attachment,表數量時可這樣寫: 1 Enc. Enc. (1) 3 Encs. Attachment:3 6 Basic parts of the letter (1) Date 英式;美式 (2) InsideAddress (3) Salutation (4) Body (5) Complimentary Close (8) Postscript 寫法:P.S. PS. PS (6) Signature Enc. P.S.PleasecheckoutourChristmasselecitonatwww.plazaofmusic.com.
Exercise1.1 • What are the seven basic parts of a business letter? • How do you write the following dates in English? • 二0一三年九月九日 • 民國102年10月5日 • State the differences among the three letter styles: full-blocked style,