Components of a Letter

1. Sender's address	95 New Edition Road Cambridge CB2 2 RU United Kingdom
2. Date	7 May, 2005
3. Receiver's name, title and address	Dr. Boris N. Ivanov Department of History Kemerovo State University 6 Krasnaya St. Kemerovo, 650043 RUSSIA
4. Salutation	Dear Dr. Ivanov,
5. Body of letter	The opening paragraph should arise the reader's interest in the subject of the letter. State the pur­pose of your letter. Put each separate idea in a separate paragraph. L etters have to be typed or word-processed accu­rately with a smart, clear layout.
6. Complimentary close	Yours sincerely,
7. Signature	(sign here)
8. Name and title of the sender	Should be printed or written accurately
9 . Enclosure	(if you are noting that you have enclosed some­thing else with your letter)

Sample of a formal letter and an envelope

14 Plowden Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ6IRS
16 June, 2005
The Secretary
Hall School of Design
39 Beaumont Street
London
W44U
Dear Sir,
I should be grateful if you would send me information about the
regulations for admission to the Hall School of Design. Could
you also tell me whether the School arranges accommodation for
students?
Your faithfully,
(signature)
Keith Parker
The Secretary
Hall School of Design
39 Beaumont Street
London
W44LJ

Model Envelope

					STAMP
writer's full name
writer's street address
writer's city/state/zip code
writer's country
		(title) addressee's full name
		addressee's street address
		addressee's city/state/zip code
		addressee's country

On the envelope, put the first name before the surname. You can write the first name in full (Mr. Keith Parker), or you can write one or more initials (Mr. K Parker; Mr. K. S. Parker). Titles like Mr, Ms, Dr are usually written without a full stop in British English.

TASKS

Write the following dates which are placed below the sender's address:

The second of June, nineteen ninety-eight – ...

The nineteenth of September, two thousand and four – ...

The twenty-fifth of October, nineteen eighty-one – ...

The third of January, two thousand and three – ...

Correct mistakes in the following dates:

23, February, 2002 November, 2, 2005

20th of July, 2001 August 12 2004

16.2.1998 2003, January 12

Complete the following by indicating the dates in the body of the letter.

I have received your letter of....

Further information will be sent to you on.... In your letter of....

The conference will last from... to.... I shall attend the conference in Moscow on .... Professor Jones is arriving in Rostov on....

Supply the letter with your address, the date, some suitable complimentary close and your signature:

Dear Sir,

I would be grateful if you could forward me a copy of your re­print entitled "Synaptic Transmitter," which was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 2, N<> 3, 2002, pp. 290-300.

Correct the following letter layout:

Feb. 21, 2005

Assoc. Prof. Smirnov

Department of Physics

Rostov State University

Zorge St. 5

344090 Rostov-on-Don

Russia

Dear Dr. Johnson I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 6 and to thank you for sending me the reprints.

V. Smirnov

Yours sincerely (signature)

Letters referred to as scientific correspondence are concerned with different situations associated with scientific meetings, publications, the exchange of scientific information, etc. Due to the objective iden­tified in the first paragraph, letters can be defined as letters of invita­tion, letters of inquiry, letters of request, etc.