Letter

While emails are the preferred method of communication these days, there is still a place for letter writing and it's important to know the accepted way of doing it:

1. Sender's address: top right of the page (just justify to the right!!!!)
2. The date: two lines below the Sender's address. (2nd of May, 2019 or 2/5/2019)
3. Address of recipient: justified to the left, one line below the date.
4. Greeting (or salutation, if you want to sound proper!): two lines below recipient's address.

• "Dear Lee," for informal letters to friends
• "Dear Mr di Natale / Ms di Natale," for formal letters. Use "Miss di Natale / Mrs di Natale only if you know the recipient would prefer this title.
• When writing to an organisation, it is a good idea to find the name of the best person to write to, but if you haven't managed to, you can write: "Dear Sir/Madam".
• Sometimes the recipient will have a name that could be male or female, like Chris, Kim or Viv. If you do not know the gender of the person you are writing to, don't make a guess! You probably don't want to sound too familiar either. So, just use their full name: "Dear Chris Jones".

5. Closing:

"Yours sincerely," is good for formal letters where you do not know the recipient.

"Regards," and "Kind regards," are also a little formal, but more appropriate if you already know the person or have an established connection.

"Love," is probably not appropriate for a formal letter! Use it with your friends and family.

Take a look at the template below.