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FORMAL WRITING | CV AND RESUME | Resume and CV samples | Top Five Cover Letter Blunders | Cover letter (1) | Application using an introduction | Put the parts of the applying-for-the-job document below in the correct order and state its type. |


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This term may be written at the head of the letter, and more importantly on the envelope, in cases where the letter is intended only for the eyes of the named recipient.

Practical Assignments

1. Write out the following date in three or four different ways in which it might appear at the top of a business letter: the fourteenth of April nineteen-seventy-eight.

2. Below are names and addresses which might appear — suitably set out, of course - in the top left-hand corner of a business letter. Give the correct salutation and complimentary close in each case:

 

(a) Burke and Sons Ltd., 55 Inkerman Road, London SE5 8BZ.

(b) The Sales Manager, BGW Electrics Ltd., Liverpool 4.

(c) Mr A. L. Moon, British Rail (Southern Region), London W1M 2BT.

(d) Ms Angela Box, Gorton and Sons, 344 Oxford St., London Wl A 3BA.

3. Which of the organizations mentioned in Exercise 2 should be addressed as Messrs.? Give your reasons for including or omitting Messrs. in all four cases.

Read the following statements and decide which are true (T) and which are false (F)

1. If a letter begins with the receiver's name, e.g. Dear Mr. Ross, it will close with Yours faithfully.

2. The abbreviation c.c. stands for 'correct carbons'.

3. If you were writing a letter to Mr. Peter Smith, you would open with Dear Mr. Peter Smith.

4. The head of a company in the UK is known as The President'.

5. In the USA, it is correct to open a letter with the salutation Gentlemen.

6. The abbreviation enc or end means there are enclosures with the letter.

7. If you "were writing to a Knight whose name was Sir Roger Dumont, you would open the letter Dear Sir Dumont.

8. In the UK, the abbreviated date 2.6.95 on a letter means 6 February 1995.

9. If a secretary signs her name on a letter and her signature is followed by p.p. (per pro) Daniel Harris, it means she is signing on behalf of Daniel Harris.

10. A Managing Director in the UK is known as Chief Executive in the USA.

11. The term PLC after a company's name, e.g. Hathaway PLC, stands for 'Public Limited Corporation

12. The abbreviation for the term 'limited liability' in the UK is ltd.

13. If you did not know whether a female correspondent was married or not, it would be correct to use the term Ms, e.g. Ms Tessa Groves, instead of Miss or Mrs.

14. The following is an example of a blocked style:

Peter Voss

Oberlweinfeldweg 33

5207Therwil

Switzerland

15. The above address is an example of ‘open’ punctuation.

16. The abbreviation in addressing a doctor, e.g. Doctor James Spock, would be J. Spock.

17. Rather than use the UK close of Yours sincerely/faithfully, Americans often choose Yours truly.

18. The abbreviation for 'company' is Co.


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