Correspondence is the most convenient way to communicate from a distance. And email services have made sending emails anywhere in the world a completely simple task. It remains only to learn the basic principles of writing letters in English - and you can contact any foreigner.
Instruction manual
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If you are writing a letter in English, start it with the standard treatment: Dear
! Such an appeal is appropriate not only in personal, but also in business correspondence. After the appeal, an introductory phrase is placed, then the body of the letter (that is, the sentences that contain the main purpose of the message). The final phrase is given below (thanks, hope for a speedy letter, and so on).
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Messages almost always end with one of the following phrases: Best wishes - Best wishes (informal style)
Best regards - Best regards / Regards (more formal)
Sincerely yours - sincerely yours
Yours cordially - heartily yours (appropriate in a letter to relatives or friends)
Ever yours - always yours / yours (informal style)
Yours truly - Regards / Loyal to You (for business correspondence)
Respectfully yours - Regards (appropriate in a letter from subordinate to superiors)
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Use electronic text translators. If you need to contact a foreigner, while you do not speak the languages, refer to one of the online translation services. PROMT or Google translator can interpret whole phrases. However, in order to avoid incidents, it is better to upload only simple sentences with an unambiguous meaning.
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Make envelopes correctly. Recently, electronic correspondence has almost completely supplanted "paper" letters. Therefore, sending a regular mail envelope is sometimes difficult. First, the name and surname of the recipient (or the name of the organization) are written, then the address. In our country, a Western standard was introduced several years ago, but some continue to write the address in the old fashioned way, starting with the country and city. It is correct to start the address with the street and the number of the house (apartment, office, if necessary), then indicate the district and city, then the zip code, and then the name of the region and country. For example: Green Rooney, 40 Capper Street, Telarah, Maitland
New South Wales 2320, Australia
