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1.
INDONESIA
IT. PT
Jl. Sudirman No.45,
Jakarta
North Jakarta,
INDONESIA 20223
Tel +626218742654
*usually letterhead explaining
mailer. Letterhead containing
the company name, company address, zip code and phone companies.
2. *In the example of writing dates, I use British English, which is on the right.
Example British style:
Mr. James Hunt 29 September 2012
46B Park Avenue
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
46B Park Avenue
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
Example
American style :
29 September 2012
Mr. James Hunt
46B Park Avenue
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
3.
at the address on the letter is directed :
In
British English, the
location of the recipients align
with the date as below :
Mr. James Hunt 29
September 2012
46B Park Avenue
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
46B Park Avenue
London
267BK
GREAT BRITAIN
In
American
English, the location of the recipients align with the date as
below :
29 September 2012
Indonesia
Sejahtera Selalu, PT
Jl. Belitung Jaya, Medan
North Sumatra, INDONESIA 20223
Tel +626217335455
Jl. Belitung Jaya, Medan
North Sumatra, INDONESIA 20223
Tel +626217335455
4.
Salutation: Below
we will describe in writing the procedures in the rule salutation Business Letter in English. Remember once again,
we have to be
consistent, if dated, in the
style of British English, the entire letter must
be in the same style. And vice
versa.
If
you
know the name of
the person:
Dear Ms / Miss / Mrs / Mr / Dr + Marga
Contoh:
Dear Mr Miller
If
you
do not
know her name:
Examples
British English :
Dear
Sir / Dear Sirs = If
recipients
men
Dear
Madam = If
the recipients
of women
Dear
Sir or Madam = If
the recipient
is unknown
sex
Examples
American English :
Gentlemen = If recipients men
Ladies = If the
recipients
of women
Ladies and
Gentlemen = If the recipient is
unknown sex
5. British
English to is located
between Greeting and
Content Letter, as below
Dear Mr. Hunt
Subject: Request No. 145
6. The letter
is the most important thing in a Business Letter.
The contents must truly represent all of what
you want to convey. Do not forget also
to put manners. Here
is a guide:
·
Paragraph
One: Introduction and the reason why
you are writing the letter.
·
The
next paragraph: Explain
in detail why you send a letter to him, including
the background, and others
as deemed necessary.
·
Last
Paragraph: Conclude your reason once again and hope to the recipients of the letter.
Sample Letter:
“Referring
to your request No. 145, we inform you that the material you requested is out
of stock. Therefore, we suggest you ask for our new products.
We thank you and hope to get a reply from you soon.”
We thank you and hope to get a reply from you soon.”
7. Complementary
Close
British English :
·
If
you use the
recipient's name on the salutation,
the salutation is closing "Yours sincerely" or "Sincerely yours".
·
If you do not use the name of the recipient on salutation,
the salutation cap is "Yours faithfully" or "Faithfully yours".
American English :
Gunakan “Sincerely” atau “Sincerely yours”, untuk semua kasus,
yaitu mau Anda gunakan nama penerima ataupun tidak.
Dalam Email, Anda dapat gunakan
berikut ini untuk Salam Penutupnya:
·
Regards
·
Kind regards
·
Best wishes
Example : “ Yours
sincerely”
8. SIGNATURE
Was a
copy sign or token of respect amessage sender.
ADITIONAL :
1. Refrence
Used as
pengarsipan or documentation letter being remitted or is also used to remind
reference of the receiver to the sender of a subject of will talk about. To
write reference may be given writing striped bottom, and if you want to include
reference you can.
2.
Enclosure
This part
just wrote if any lampiran-lampiran to be supplied in a the businesses. Writing
enclosure or attachment help authors, receiver, and pejagalan to know closely
monitor completeness lampiran-lampiran that included. If lampiran-lampiran
incomplete or not conforming to being written, controlling be readily done, the
variation of writing enclosure can be observed on example:
Enclosure :
-
Contract
-
Cheque
-
memo
3.
Carbon Copy Notation
The
notation is a carbon copy (CC) or a note about mail suppression. Usually in the
list on the left bottom by writing down the code, i.e. CC stands for Carbon
Copy or Carbon Copies of examples:
Copy
to Mr. Erwin
or
cc. Mr. Omen
or
cc. Mr. Omen
4.
Post Script
Post Script is the line where the author
add any further on the letter. Post Script in writing English letters are
usually replaced with N.B., whereas in the UK replaced with P.P.