Block style

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 539.

There are many ways to lay out a business letter. The letters from Intercity Bank are examples of a modern way, called 'block style'. Notice:

- the name and address of the addressee are at the top on the left (The addressee is the person you are writing to.)

- the date is on the right

- there is no punctuation in the address or after 'Yours faithfully/sincerely' or 'Dear...'

- the paragraphs start at the margin and there are line spaces between them

- the writer's name and title are under the signature.

In this book, you will also see some other ways of laying out business letters, bu: 'block style' is the most useful to learn because it is accepted everywhere.