Outline the guidelines on how to write an informal letter.

Outline the guidelines on how to write an informal letter.

STEPS TO FOLLOW

1. Write the writer's address at the top-right corner.

2. Include the postal code. Below the address write the date of writing in full.

3. Skip a line and write the salutation on the left-hand side.

4. Start a new paragraph as you begin to write the body of the letter. (keep rules of
paragraphing)

5. The language should be friendly and familiar.The language depends on the relationship
between the writer and the person he is writing to.The language must be:

-easy to understand

-decent and respectable

-grammatical

6. At the end of your letter, sign-off.The closing can be:

Yours,

Yours lovingly,

Yours affectionately,

Your classmate, e.t.c

Put your name below the closing tag.

8. Punctuate your letter properly. At the end of the closing tag, there is a comma and a
full stop is put at the end of the name.

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marto answered the question on April 15, 2019 at 05:29

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