Business Letter Format

8 English Beaulieu

Hall Dale Middle School

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Parts of a Business Letter

Sender’s Address: top of the letter one line above the date - only street address, city, and zip code

Date: use American date format

Inside Address: recipient’s address

Salutation: same as inside address, including the personal title

Body: single space, left justify, and leave a blank line between each paragraph

Closing: capitalize the first word only and leave 4 lines between the closing & the sender’s name (for a signature)

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Common Formats

Block Format: format from slide before...

Modified Block: same as block except the date & closing are tabbed to the center point and begin to type

Semi-Block: each paragraph is indented instead of left justified

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Font & Punctuation

Font: Times New RomanSize 12

Punctuation: after the salutation use a colon (:) and after the closing a comma (,)

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Sources

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

http://www.quickmeme.com/memes/Original-Business-Cat

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