This document discusses different types of letter writing. It describes business letters, which are used for professional correspondence between organizations or businesses, and personal letters, which are more informal and used for personal correspondence. The document outlines the typical format and style of business letters, including full block and semi-block formats, and notes that personal letters can take various formats and a more casual tone.

1. LETTER WRITING
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2. LETTER WRITING
INTRODUCTION
Letter writing is an essential skill. Despite the prevalence
of emails and text messages, everyone has to write
letters at some point. Letters of complaint, job
applications, thank you letters, letters requesting
changes or making suggestions
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3. TYPES OF LETTER WRITTING
There are two types of letter writing
Business Letters
Personal Letters
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4. Business Letters
Business letters are written between an
organization and a customer or between two
organizations. They serve the purpose of
proposing a business transaction, accepting an
offer, extending an apology in business, inviting
for a professional event, etc. They follow a
specific format and use formal language.
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5. Format of Business Letters
There are two formats of Business Letters:
Full Block Letters
Semi-Block Letters
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9. Full Block Letters
All sections within the letter are aligned
to the left. The paragraphs too are not
indented. All sentences start from the
margin of the letter.
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10. Semi-Block Letters
Similar to the block form, all sections are
aligned to the left. But the paragraphs have
an indentation. Every paragraph in the main
body of the letter has equal spacing before it
starts.
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11. Personal Letters
Personal letters are written to friends, family
members, and relatives. They can be formatted
differently and written in casual style of language.
They do not follow any specific guidelines and are
subjective in nature. These letters are written to
give best wishes, inquire about someone, to
inform about an incident, etc.
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12. ADVICE
The great thing is that there are many such
formats and templates today.You can
download them from various websites and
use them as a basis for writing your own
letters.
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