Business Letter

Any letter consists of the following parts:

1. The Notepaper (Шапка бланка)

2. The Reference (Посилання)

3. The Date (Дата)

4. The Addressee (Адресат)

5. The Salutation (Звертання)

6. The Body Text (Текст листа)

7. The Complimentary Close (Комплиментарна кінцівка)

8. The Surname & the Signature (Прізвище та підпис)

Ex.11. Study the models and define the parts the letters consist of.

Model 1

Continental Equipment Director: John G.Smith

9 North Road, Brighton, BN 5 JF

Telephone: 0273 543359

Fax: 0273 559364 (1)

Our Ref: G/f146 Your Ref: SD/jr (2)

15 November 1989 (3)

Sales Department (4)

Aluminium Allay Co. Ltd.

Birmingham

79 Prince Albert St.

Birmingham 821 8DJ

Dear Sirs (5)

We thank you for your letter of 11 November, and would like to inform you that we can deliver all the items required from stock, according to the enclosed detailed offer. For the balance we would require three weeks from the date of receiving your confirmation that this arrangement is acceptable.

Prices as quoted f.o.b. London.

Delivery as specified above.

Payment against documents.

We hope you will find our terms, method of payment and delivery dates satisfactory; and we can assure that you may count on our full co-operation and immediate attention in this matter. (6)

Yours faithfully (7)

R.Hanson

Robert Hanson (8)

Continental Equipment

Model 2

Department of English Language

University of Glasgow

12 University Gardens

Glasgow G12 8QH

28 September 1997

Dr Hilary Roberts

School of Languages

University of Westminster

18 Euston Centre

London

NW1 3ET

Dear Dr Hilary Crystal

I wonder whether you would like to come and lecture to our students again this term? They very much enjoyed your talk on sociolinguistics last year, and several of them have asked for a repeat performance. We shall, of course, pay you normal fee. Perhaps, you would be kind enough to phone me so that we can fix a date.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

RLee

Rebecca Lee

Faculty Secretary

BD9 4JL

Dear Sir

The Bradford mba at the Management Centre

I should be grateful if you would send me information about the regulations for admission to full-time Master’s Degree Course in Business Administration for 1998-1999 period. Could you also tell me if the Centre arranges accommodation for students?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

BRichardson

Bernard Richardson

How to Address the Envelope

The way we address an envelope is of great importance. It accelerates the delivery of a letter and expects a favourable impression on an addressee.

It must contain the following information:

• the title of an addressee (титул та ім”я адресата);

• the position he/she holds (посада в компанії, якщо необхідно)

• the name of the street and the house number (номер та назва будинку та вулиці);

• the name of the city, town, village (назва міста, містечка або села);

• the post office department (поштове управління - прописними літерами);

• the name of the county (назва графства, скорочена назва);

• the post index (поштовий індекс - прописними, без знаків).

The recepient’s address should be written or typed in the right-hand corner at the bottom of an envelope. The stamps are stuck in the right upper corner.

The sender’s address is to be written left upper corner of an envelope.

Addressing parcels one should always write To:, From: and point out the sender’s and the recepient’s addresses.