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1.
Forms of English
letters
1)
The
blocked form
平头式
(The full-blocked form and the modified
blocked form).
The former
has all the letters element’s flush against the
left
-hand margin, and the first line of
each
paragraph
is
not
dented.
The
latter
is
the
same
as
the
former
with
three
exceptions:
the
heading
（信头）
, the
complimentary close
（结束语）
and the
signature
（签名）
are placed on
the
right side of the page.
School of English Studies
Xi’an International Studies
University
Xi’an, Shaanxi
710061
China
10 February, 1998
Mr. Ronald Purvis
Department
of Education
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
USA <
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Yours sincerely,
(Signature)
2)
The indented
form
缩行式
Each line in the heading and the inside
address
（信内地址）
indented 2 to
3 letters. Besides,
the beginning of
each paragraph is indented 5 letters.
School of
English Studies
Xian
International
Study
University
Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061
China
10 February,
1998
Mr. Ronald
Purvis
Department of Education
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
USA
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Yours sincerely,
(Signature)
3)
The modified
form
混合式
A combination of the modified blocked
form and the indented form.
Department of English
Xi’an
Foreign
Language
University
Xi’an, Shaanxi
710061
China
10 February, 1998
Mr. Ronald Purvis
Department
of Education
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
USA
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Yours sincerely,
(Signature)
3. Parts of English letters
1)The heading
(
发信日期及写信人地址
)
1.
Two parts: address of the writer and date
2. Location: in the top right-hand
corner
3.
Punctuation:
It
may
or
may
not
have
end
punctuation:
closed
punctuation
and
open
punctuation.
4.
Arrangement:
first line: the house
number, the name of the street or road
second line: the name of the town or
city
third line: the name of the state
or province, the postal code
fourth
line: the name of the country
last line: the date :American: January
15, 1997
/ January 15th,
1997
English:15 January, 1997
/
15th January,
1997
2)The inside address
(
收信人姓名职称机构及地址
)
Mr.-used before men in general
Mrs.- used before married women
Miss- used before unmarried
women
Ms.- used before a
female of uncertain marital status
Dr.-
used before a doctor or a person with a Ph.D.
degree
Prof.- used before a professor