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WritingPartsofaninformalletterIamsorrytoinformyouthat...phrasalverbslikepickup,takeout,etc.I’mverygratefulfor...Whydon'twe...Iwillnotbeabletoattendthe...idiomsandslangcontractedverbformslikewe've,I'm,you’re,etc.Givemyregardsto...Ilookforwardtohearingfromyou...Letmeknowassoonas...shortsentencesInformalWritingDearTom,DearMrs.Smithers,Bestwishes,Yoursfaithfully,I'mreallysorryI...Unfortunately,wewillhavetopostpone...Wehadalittlebitofluck...Ourcomputersareusedforavariety...Iusemypencilsharperfor...politephrasesfewerpassiveverbformslikewroteinsteadofwaswrittenbyStructureofaPersonalLetter1.Date–Thisisthedatewhentheletterwaswritten.2.GreetingsandNameofRecipient–Thegreetingusuallystartswiththeword‘Dear’followedbythegivennameoftherecipientorrelationshipanditendswithacomma.Twoexamplesare:‘DearRonald,’‘DearUncle,’.3.Introduction–Thisistheopeningofaletter.Itmayincludegreetingslike‘Howareyou?’.Sometimesyoumayrefertoapreviousletter.4.Body–Thisisthemainbodyoftheletter.Itincludesthemessagethatthewriterwantstotelltherecipient.Itisoftendividedintoparagraphs.5.Closure–Thispartindicatestheletterisgoingtoend.Thewritermayasktherecipienttoreplyhere.6.ComplimentaryClose–Thisshortexpressionincludesafewwordsononeline.Itendswithacomma.Someexamplesareshownbelow.‘Yourssincerely,’‘Bestregards,’‘Love,’‘Sincerely,’7.Signature–thesignatureofthewriter.InformalWritingThatremindsme,...Whydon'twe...I'dbettergetgoing...Thanksforyourletter...Pleaseletmeknow...I'mreallysorry...Love,Couldyoudosomethingforme?Writesoon...Didyouknowthat..I'mhappytohearthat...MatchthewritingwiththepurposetofinishthelettertoapologizetothankthepersonforwritingtobeginthelettertochangethesubjecttoaskafavorbeforesigningthelettertosuggestorinvitetoaskforareplytoaskforaresponsetosharesomeinformationWritealettertoafriendyouhaven'tseenorspokentoinalongtime.100wordsminimum.Tellhim/heraboutwhatyouhavebeendoingandaskthemhowtheyareandwhattheyhavebeenuptorecently.HomeworkIsupposethemostimportantthingisthatJane'sjobismoresecurethanwethought.Atthebeginningoftheyear,whenshegotthejob,wethoughtitmightonlybeforonesemester,butwejustfoundthatshehasapermanentcontractofsorts.Obviouslythisisgreat,asitmeanswecanrelaxalittle.Istilldon'thavewhatIreallywantworkwise,butitwillhappensoon.Youhavetostaypositive,don'tyou?April15,2006So,whataboutyouthesedays?Areyoustillstuckinthatoldjob?SinceI'vebeenhavingsomuchtroublegettingajob,Iunderstandyourreluctancetochange.There'snothingworsethanfillingoutendlessapplicationforms,withnoideaofwhatitwillleadto.Anyway,I'vegotanotherjobformtofilloutsoI'llleaveyoufornow.Writewhenyougetachance.Myparentsarebothfine,andIthinktheyarereallyhappythatwe'vemovedback.Forus,it'sgreattobesoclosetofamilyagain,anextrasenseofcomfortandsecurity.Weseemysisterquiteoftenasshe'sinLondon,althoughwe'renotthatbotheredaboutgoingintothecity.Regards,SIGNATUREDearLeo,It'sbeenawhilesincewewrote,soIthoughtI'ddropyoualinetobringyouuptodatewithwhat'sbeenhappeninghere.