Question

1. The first part of a business letter is called ___________.
2. The heading in the business letters includes__________.
3. What is the inside address___________?
4. What is the salutation?
5. What punctuation mark is used in the salutation?
6. Name the three parts of the actual message in the business letter.
7. In the message of the letter, how many spaces are there between each paragraph?
8. Name an appropriate way to end the business letter after the message is complete.
9. How many spaces are there between the closing and the signature of the letter?
10. What is the easiest format and the most widely used for the business letter?

Answer 1

1. The first part of the business letter is called the Opening of the Business Letter. It includes, the addresses of the parties, their details, subject and a Greeting. The greeting in the busines lettee should always be formal, includes the person's last name and normally begins with Dear.

2. The headings in a business letter includes the sender's address, the date, receiver's address, subject and sometimes the phone number and email id to be more formal in any format.

3. The inside address refers to the street name, city, state and the zip code of the recipient or reciever, which should be placed below the name of the organisation to whom the letter is being addressed.

4. A salutation can be refered as greeting which is used in the business letter which can be either formal or informal to address the another party. The most common salutation is the Dear followed by the recipient's given name.

5. The punctuation mark which is mostly used in the greeting is the colon when you are addressing any formal party. Comma used is more intormal while addressing.

6. The three parts of the main message in the business letter are the Introductory part where the introduction about the topic is given. Next is the Main Body, where the actual subject is being briefly formally discussed and last part is the Conclusion or Concludory part where a formal thanks and ending to the message is given.

7. In the formal business letter, one space is taken into consideration in between different paragraphs to be used.

8. Appropriate way to end your business letter is to say simply Thank You followed by Yours Sincerely or Warm Regards. Personal letters can have more personalised way like Fondly or Thinking of you but not business letters. They have to be in more formalised manner.

9. A space of two is given between the signature and the closing part of the business letter.

10. The easiest and the most common used format is the standard business letter format which is block style where the text is justified left alligned. The text is generally single spaced which is formally used.