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EE Business Letters
Vocabulary related to personal business letters
Question | Answer |
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What is a Margin? | This is the blank space at the top of your letter. Use a 2- inch top margin. |
What is Block Letter style? | When all lines of the letter at the left margin. |
What is the line spacing for the paragraphs of the letter? | The space between lines of text. Use single (1) line spacing. |
How many spaces should there be between paragraphs in your letter? | 1 blank space. Do this by clicking return twice at the end of each paragraph. |
What is the Return Address? | A personal-business letter begins with the writer’s address. This is called the RETURN ADDRESS. It includes a line for the street address and a line for the city, state and ZIP code. |
Where does the Date go on your letter? | Type the date on the line below the return address. |
How should you format the Date on your letter? | Use MONTH DAY, YEAR format (ex. January 19, 2006). |
How many times should you click Return after the Date on your letter? | Click RETURN 4 times (this creates 3 blank lines or a quadruple space) after the date. |
What is the LETTER ADDRESS? | The name and address of the person to whom you are writing |
What is the SALUTATION? | This is a greeting, Type such as Dear Mr. Schaefer. It is typed after the letter address. |
What is the BODY of the letter? | This is the paragraphs or message part of a letter. |
What is the COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE? | This is the farewell part of the letter, for example – Sincerely, - is often used. |
Where do you type the WRITER'S NAME? | This is typed after the 3 blank lines below the complimentary close. |
What are REFERENCE INITIALS? | The initials of the typist. |
What do you do if you have something other than the letter being sent? | – If another document is attached to the letter, the word Attachment is typed a double space below the preceding letter part. If the additional document is not attached (ex. stapled), then the word Enclosure is used. |