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Business Letter Outline
12 Rose Avenue
2015 Westbrook
johnjo@gmx.de
November 21, 2019
Mr. Jones
12 Hillside Avenue
9890 London
Re Your Application dated October 25, 2007
Dear Sir / Madam,
OR if name has been given:
Dear Mr. Jones, Dear Ms. Jones, (Ms can be Miss or Mrs)
OR very formal:
Sir / Madam,
With reference to ………………….
Business letters usually have 3 paragraphs:
1. more information about the reference, that is what the letter is about;
2. detailed information about any action already taken,
3. what do you want.
SOME phrases about an application for a job
We regret to inform you that…
We are pleased to inform you that
We would like to invite you to an interview on… at….
Please let us know if that date suits you.
Your expenses will be refunded at the rate of ….
We have booked accommodation for you at…..
We wish you well on your way ahead.
x______________________________x
Yours sincerely
Name……………………..
Director Human Resources
PS Attached please find…..
========Note!=========
Address at the top and the date.
Person or company name on top left.
Re : what this letter is about
The person it is addressed to: DO NOT USE Dear Sir or Madam !!! Use a slash /.
Note the letter ending.
Remember the use of PS.
Use SHORT sentences.
Use paragraphs.
Be to the point.
Be polite.
Do NOT use abbreviations such as don’t, can’t etc.
Use WHITE spaces between paragraphs – don’t cram everything together
I always with a capital letter.
Hallo
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Hi there.
Vocabulary / Wortschatz
job / die Arbeit
Hobbies
Some guidelines to your essay.
You do NOT need to cover all the questions.
- What are your hobbies?
- What do you find so fascinating about your main hobby?
- What caught your interest in that hobby?
- Do you consider yourself an expert in that field?
- Is it an expensive leisure acitvity?
- Do you sometimes spend too much money on your hobby?
- Do you sometimes spend too much time on your hobby?
- What do other people think about your hobby?
- Can one make money with your hobby?
- Is is possible to make your hobby your career?
- Would you like to make your hobby your career?
- Anything else about your hobby?
This is a preformatted text.
Punctuation in English © GFH Schmittinger 2012
Capital Letters
- the first letter in a sentence The man walked home.
- all names (people, places, countries, days, months) Peter, Stuttgart, Germany, Monday, March
- abbreviations and acronyms SMS, VAT (all letters)
- titles of books, films etc. Winnetou, The Golden Goblet
- the personal pronoun I Do you know who I am?
Full Stop (.) - at the end of a sentence I am clever.
- usually at the end of an abbreviation Mr. Jones, Main St.
Comma (,) - to separate clauses After I had eaten, I went home.
- between separate items in a list Buy the following: apples, pears, bananas
- in question tags You know him, don’t you?
- before or after “she said” in conversations “I love it, ” she said.
- in decimal fractions 55,7 litres of petrol
Question Mark (?)
At the end of a direct question. How did you do that?
Exclamation Mark (!)
At the end of a sentence to show surprise, shock I did it!
At the end of a command. Get out!
Hyphen (-) - to join words and some prefixes to form compound words air-conditioner, part-time
- when a word is divided at the end of a sentence I went to the cine-ma
- in some numbers twenty-seven, eighty-nine
Colon (:)
to introduce a list of items Buy the following: apples, pears, bananas
Semicolon (;)
to separate parts of a sentence when there is no conjunction We had a great time; then everyone went home.
Apostrophe (‘) - for missing letters in contractions let’s go (let us go), don’t do that (do not)
- to indicate possession / ownership John’s girlfriend, Justin’s song
Quotation marks (“) - to show words someone has spoken She said:”Well done!”
- to emphasise a slang expression Howdy?” : How do you do?
Brackets () - for cross reference That is a fact (See chapter 9).
- to supply more information / an extra thought Peter (that old rascal) did it again.
General Question
How many eggs does a runner duck lay before it starts to breed?
Usually 14
Das Auto / The Car / Die Motor
Künstler / Artist / Kunstenaar:-
Gert Claassen
Geschichte / Story / Storie:-
Gerd Schmittinger
Der Gebrauchtwagen
The Second-hand Car
Die Tweedehandse Motor
