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Invitations
How to Write
State the
occasion;
Give the date and time;
Give the address;
Include
the charge, if any;
Enclose an engraved
or printed reply card and envelope for a formal
invitation;
Indicate the preferred
dress;
Additional information might
include parking facilities, alternate arrangements
in case of
rain, and an offer of
transportation;
Express your
anticipated pleasure in seeing the person.
Not to Write
Don’t use “request the honour of your
presence” except on wedding
invitations;
Don’t
use abbreviations in formal invitations
except for “Mr.”, “Mrs.”, “Ms.”, “Dr.”, “Jr.”.
Avoid initials in names. States should
be spelled out as is the time.
Tips
Reply card
“M________ regrets_____ accepts______
for
Saturday, November
20”
Casual in-house business
event
memo/ e-mail
Contents:
Type
of
occasion;
time,
date,
place;
an
extension
number
to
call
for
confirmation
or
information
Guidelines for mailing invitations:
Phrases:
accept
with pleasure, in commemoration/ celebration of,
be our guest, in honor of, invite
you
to, cordially invites you to, kindly respond on or
before, have the honor of inviting,
looking forward to seeing you, obliged
to recall/ cancel /postpone, we would like to
invite
you to, request the pleasure of
your company, you are cordially invited
Sentences:
A revolutionary new service is now
available to valued customers---and you are among
the first invited to enroll.
Business attire is
suggested.
Come
hear
noted
Reformation
scholar
and
professor
of
history
Dr.
Margaret
Heath
speak on September 12 at the 8:30 and
11:00 services at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,
1924 Forster Avenue.
I’m pleased to invite you to acquire
the Golden American Bank Card.
It will be so good to see
you again.
I urge you to
look over the enclosed materials and consider this
special invitation now.
Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Polk-Faraday regret that it is
necessary to cancel their invitation to
brunch on Sunday, the sixteenth of
August, because of the illness of their daughter.
Please confirm by June 6
that you can attend.
Please
join us for a farewell party in honor of Veronica
Roderick, who is leaving Wain
International to pursue other business
interests.
We invite you to
apply for an account with Oxenham Leather
Warehouse, Inc.
You are
invited to a special evening showing of our new
line of furniture from European
designers.
Lucas-Dockery Importers, Inc.
cordially invites you to a
cocktail hour and reception
in honor of their merger with
Sheridan International Associates
Friday, the tenth of November
from f
ive to half past eight
o’clock
Mansfield Gardens
R.S.V.P
Agnes Leslie Graham and Robert Graham
request the pleasure of your company
at a dinner-dance
on
Saturday, the twenty-first of May
at
seven-
thirty o’clock
Harcourt Inn
Haidee Czelovar Power and Raoul
Czelovar
cordially invite you to a
reception
celebrating the
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Simone
Rakonitz Czelovar and Karl Czelovar
Sunday, the second of April
at eight o’clock
Wyatt’s Village Inn
Indianapolis
R.s.v.p
Formal Dress
555-1980
The
Directors of
Natasha Tang & Co.
request the pleasure of the company of
…………………………………..
at their Bi-Centenary Celebrations
to be held at
Crystal
Ballroom
Shangri-La Hotel Dongguan
Remin Road
Dongguan
on Friday 30 July 2006
Cocktails at 1800
Dinner at
2030
The Directors
Natasha Tang & Co.
No. 7 Yau
Oi Road
Dongguan, Guangdong 300043
China
RSVP by 14 July 2006
Reply accepting the invitation
Mr. Terry Lai
thanks the Directors of Natasha Tang &
Co.
for their kind invitation to their
Bi-Centenary Celebrations
to be held at
Crystal Ballroom
Shangri-La
Hotel Dongguan
Remin Road
Dongguan
on Friday 30 July
2006
and has much pleasure in accepting
it
9/F
208
Prince Edward Road West
Hong Kong
China
5
July 2006
Reply declining
the invitation
Mr. James
Pau
thanks the Directors of Natasha
Tang & Co.
for their kind invitation to
their Bi-Centenary Celebrations
to be
held at
Crystal Ballroom
Shangri-La Hotel Dongguan
Remin Road
Dongguan
on Friday 30 July 2006
but
is unable to attend as he will be overseas on
business
20/F
Alexandra House
2 Peddler
Street
Central
Hong Kong
China
7
July 2006