INFORMAL LETTERS
A Technicalmatters
B Diplomacy and tact
7 A Technicalmatters
page 102
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1.0 Layout of informal letters
The layoutof this model is appropriate for any informalletter.It is also
appropriatefor any persona/letter, evenonethatis formal in tone,such as a
letter of apologyto your boss.1 3 6ShastonDrive
2 Shaftesbury
3 DorsetSH23AB
4 tel(0747) 5^2865 Mon Sept 4t h6 DearArantxa,7 Thanks very muchforlendingme yourflatwhile
you were away. I hopeyouenj oyedyourholidayin
MoroccoasmuchasIenjoyedmystay In Vit oria.
(I'liteliyou aliaboutItwhen I seeyoua tmy
partyon Nov5th-Ido hope you haven'tchanged
yourmindaboutcomingl)Now you'veprobablybeen wonder ingwhat has
happenedtoyourgoldfish. (I'm sorry,Imeantt o
leaveanoteaboutthis,butIfo rgot.)Youwili have
noticedthattheyareabitsma lierand, It hink,
redderthantheyusedtobe.Thismayhavecome
asa bit of asurprisetoyou, butIexpectyou
have guessedwhathap pened. It 's bad news,I'm
afraid.The flsh you've got now a reapa irI bought
toreplaceyourswhich, I'msorrytosay, wereboth
dead whenIarrivedin yourflaton Aug 10th.102 • Task types
IfI'd arrived onthe8thasplanned Idon'tSuppose
thistragedywould have happened,butthething is,
Igotcaughtup inthestrikeand hadtospenda
coupleofdaysatHeathrow. That's life,Isuppose,
butIstillfeelratherbadaboutit,bothformyself
(48hatHeathrowisno joke) andfortheflsh.
PerhapsIshould selimystorytothenewspaper _
'Innocent sSufferInHeartlessStrike!', 'Holiday
ChaosHitsHeathrow:TwoDie!'B Anyway,thanksagainfortheloanoftheflat.
I hopeIlefteverythingintherightplace, and
enough money bythephonetocoverthefew local
calisI made- I'm Sure you'Iitelimeifthereare
anyproblems. I'm realiy lookingforwardtoseeing
you again, soIdo hope you can makeittothe
party.Ifnot, see you in BilbaoatChristmas.
9 Love,10 Rachel