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A business letter should be concise and to the point.

A business letter should end by telling the recipient what you want or what you expect them to do (unless the letter is to inform only).

Always end a letter by thanking the recipient for their time and/or effort.

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What are the guidelines you should follow when creating a business letter?

Basic Business Letter Format Your First and Last Name Your Company Your Street Address Your City, State Zip Date First and Last Name of the Person to whom you are writing Their Company Their Street Address City, ST Zip Dear Mr./Ms. Full Name: You do not want to indent when you are using this format. This is the best format to use when you are writing a persuasive letter. You want to introduce yourself and the topic you are writing about to the reader. Remember that the first rule of writing is to know your audience. In a persuasive letter, you state your opinion or your feelings about something that is important to you after you have introduced yourself. You must sound as professional and passionate as possible. You do not want to belittle the reader or they will not finish reading your letter. Your letter needs to have the facts, reasons, and examples to support your position. Address issues that your reader may have in their argument. In a second paragraph, you must have solutions. Without solutions, you are only complaining. Offer assistance in solving the problem. Remind the reader where they can contact you. Sincerely yours, Signature you


How should the inside address be written when written as an email address Spaces after the date etc?

Since business writing by email is relatively new, there is no 'rule book' for it. You will be safe using the exact same format as a regular business letter that is sent by mail. Using the standard format will ensure that all necessary information is documented in the correspondence. Also, don't forget to include your phone number and perhaps add your mailing address at the bottom under the signature information. Even when corresponding by email, you should use a concise, professional writing style.


What is the line spacing in all personal business letters?

There is no strict rule for spacing for business letters. The standard is single spacing with a blank line separating each part (date, address, greeting, paragraphs, etc.) of the letter. Some legal organizations prefer double spaced letters the same as for legal documents.


Can you give a sample of a warning letter for the employee taking long breaks?

Are the rules for breaks spelled out or posted so that the parameters of breaks are clear to all employees? If not, that is step one. You can't blame an employee for abuse of rules if the rules are not clear for everyone. Before writing a warning letter, the employee should have been advised verbally that he/she was breaking rules or guidelines. Then a note should be made in the employee's file of the date that he/she was advised. Only then should a warning letter be written. The letter will include the rule or guidelines for breaks and the event that you spoke to the employee. The letter should also include the result of not following the rules or guidelines. Example: The rules for personal breaks are clearly stated (during training, in the employee handbook, on the employee bulletin board, or whatever is applicable). On (day, date) I spoke to you about following the rule (guideline) for breaks. This is to let you know that I find that you are still abusing your break time. If these rules (guidelines) are not followed, the result will be (state the consequences). Everyone involved in the operation of (name the business) will appreciate your cooperation. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to discuss this with me. Thank you.


What are the 7 principles of business writing?

3. The language, style and tone of business writing is very different from general writing. Therefore, we will examine these aspects in some details.Tone: In written communication, tone refers to the way a statement sounds, which in turn, depends on the choice of words. A sentence or statement may be grammatically perfect, but may convey a negative message, if the choice of words is wrong.For example:"I am sure you will agree that our company has the best reputation for quality and service.."Instead, something likes "we shall try to live up to our reputation for quality and service." Would be more appropriate.Another aspect of tone is to sound courteous and sincere. This builds goodwill and good relations and increases the likelihood of a message achieving its objectives.Finally, the tone of business writing should be non-discriminatory. This means that the language that is used should not be offensive, irrespective of gender religious or race.One way of ensuring this is to avoid "sexist language" by using neutral job title, or title that do not imply that a job is held only by a man.Emphasis and subordination: A business writer can be compared to an artist or a musician tries to make certain elements stand out and others to get little attention, so too with the business writer. An important principle of business writing is to emphasize important ideas and to downplay unimportant ideas, so as to make understand what you consider to be significant. Generally, pleasant and important thoughts are emphasized, while unpleasant and insignificant thought are subordinated or de-emphasized.Several techniques for emphasis may be used by the business writer.» Place the idea in the first paragraph or in the last paragraph, in order to get attention» put the word that wish to emphasize first or last in the sentences.Example: John made the presentation. (Active).The presentation is made by john. (Passive).» Use words such as "primary", "major" and "significant" to lay emphasis.Another point to be remembered regarding emphasis in business writing is to stress what is known as the "you attitude", rather than the "me attitude."This means explaining the benefits to the reader, understanding his situation and answering his unspoken question.Write at an appropriate level of readability:A third very important rule of business writing is to tailor your writing to your audience and to make it simple enough for even a layperson to read and understand.Readability is determined by the length of words and sentences. Robert Gunning developed what is known as the "Fox index" or a readability formula to measure the readability of a piece of writing. According to this formula, the appropriate reading level in business writing should be between 8 and 11.Calculation of the Fog index involves the following steps.Select a written passage of approximately 100 words.Calculate the average length of a sentence by dividing the total number of words in the passage into the number of sentencesFind the number of difficult words. A word may be defined as difficult if it contains three or more syllabus (e.g. "communication"). Determine the number of difficult words per hundred, by dividing the total number of words in the passage into the number of difficult words, then by multiplying this figure by 100.Add the number of difficult words per hundred and the average sentence length.Multiply the figure obtained in step 4 by 0.4, to calculate the reading grade level for which the passage was written, or the fog index.Ideally the fog index should be between 8 and 11 for most business writing, indicating that a reader between the eighth grade and the eleventh grade should be able to understand it without difficulty.