Study the following table:
Item
Notes
Example
1. The
sender's
address or
the
Heading
(The
Return
Address)
or
Letterhead
The sender's address - Companies usually
use printed paper where heading or
letterhead is specially designed at the top
of the sheet. In correspondence that does
not have a printed letterhead; the sender's
address is written on the top right-hand or
left-hand side of the page. In the UK is not
usual to write the sender’s name before
the sender’s address.
The sender's address includesCompany Name
(and logo), Address,Phone/Fax number,E-mail
(optional): Acme Explosives, Inc. 100-B Dry
Gulch Alley Lonesome Coyote AZ 85789 (602)
555-5555 Note: Look at the examples of the
names of companies: A. Smith & Co.
1
, Limited
2
, A. Robinson & Sons , Bennet Bros.
3
, The
American Mining Corporation
4
James Smith
and Company, Incorporated
2. Date
The date is written bellow the sender's
address, sometimes separated from it by a
space. The date may be written as month-
day-year (US style) or day-month-year (UK
style).
October 19, 2008 (US style) 19 October 2008
(UK style).
3. The
Inside
Address
It is written below the sender’s address
and on the opposite side of the page (UK
style) or on the left-hand side of the page
(US style). If you know
Mr. A. Harper 'E' Division Headquarters Hessle
Police Station Hessle High Road Hull HU4 7BA
UK
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1 Знак & - так называемый ampersand – часто употребляется в названиях фирм вместо
and - & Co.
2 Слово Limited (сокращенно Ltd.) - limited liability company “компания с ограниченной
ответствен-
ностью”, т.е. ответственность членов компании ограничивается номинальной
стоимостью их акций.
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3 Bros. является сокращением от слова Brothers “братья”. Bennet Bros. – “братья
Беннет”.
4 Corporation означает “соединение лиц”, “корпорация”. В названиях американских
фирм. это слово чаще употребляется вместо stock corporation “акционерная
корпорации”. Incorporated (Inc.) означает “зарегистрированный как корпорация”.
3. The
Inside
Address
the surname of the person, you write the
courtesy title
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, person’s initial and his/her
surname. If you don’t know the name of the
person, you write the position in the company
(The Sales Manager) or the name of
company.
Note : Order of inside address: the recipient,
the name of the company, the number of
house, the name of street, the name of
town/city, the state/county, postcode, the
country.
4. The
Greeting/
Salutation
It begins with the word "Dear" and always
includes the courtesy title and person's last
name. Initials or first names are not used in
salutations. If you do not know the name or
the sex of your receiver addresses it to Dear
Madam or Sir (or Dear Sales Manager).
Dear Mr./Ms. Smith: Dear Sir or Madam:
After the salutation there is a colon (:) (US
style). Dear Mr./Ms. Smith, Dear Sir or
Madam, After the salutation there is a
comma (,)(UK style). Note that in the US a
letter to a company opens with Gentlemen.
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