PERSONAL LETTER
English Admin – Learning informal letter for friend. Before this post we had example of formal or business letter. Today we are learning the generic structure and some examples of how a personal letter is composed.
To make clear how to write a personal letter, below is some elements should be included when writing a personal letter. They are:
1. Date: It is the month, day and year that the letter is written on.
2. Greeting: Some times we call it “salutation”. It is the introductory phrase. It can be a phrase like:
- Dear Tono, Dear My friend, Dear My Brother, etc
- Body: All kinds of letter formal or informal have the letter body. This is the complete text of the letter or the subject matter content.
3. Closing: It is the farewell phrase. That is a word that precedes the signature and is followed by a comma. The phrases can be like; Yours truly, Sincerely, Respectfully yours, Regards, etc.
4. Signature: This the place where you writ your name and signature.
Expression of personal letter :
Starting the letter
- How are you?
- Hope this letter finds you…
- Thank you for your last letter.
- It was so good to hear from you.
- Sorry for answering late
- I am sorry I should have written earlier…
- Haven't heard from you in a while so I thought…
- I am sorry to inform you that…
Conclusion
- I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
- I am looking forward to hear from you soon.
- My best wishes for the coming test.
- See you.
- I will write soon.
- I will have to stop now.
- I am waiting for a quick reply.
- Looking forward to see you again.
- Bye.
Examples of Personal Letter for Various Purposes
After understanding the generic structure of how a personal letter is organized, now we see some sample below.
For more reading on the example of personal letter, you can find over the Internet which surely there will be a bunch of examples.
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