Macmillan English Grammar

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Business letter checklist

OH language used in p ..

business letter tends to be formaI eg 'We regret

I to inform you .. .'

q letterhead ineludes r

' f,lI,dd"" ,nd te'ephone n'mbe, olS

. business.

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.....recipient

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.. top of 4H

tHH address of u ..

is also included in fuli on v ..

side above w HH •••• text.

Everything is left justifjed (starts at x ..

left-hand edge) except y ...."H ••••••••••• letterhead.

Letters starting 'Dear Sir' end in 'Yours faithfully'.

If you start with z name of the person

you are writing to, for example 'Dear Mr Brown',

you end I·····..H. letter with 'Yours sincerely'.

2 .... date and any reference number

are shown at 3.

letter.

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Memo checklist

a .".The:- word memo is short formemorandum

and it means b note to help as

c H'" .•.reminder.

It is only used within dHH .......H business and

sa there is no need foreHH' ..... .fuli external

address off.......... ....H' person you are sending it

to. However, you might need to show

g. .' internal office address, eg room

number and building.

There are usually just spaces for h

names of the person sending and the person

recelvmgiH'" ... H .H' memo. However, copies might

be sent to other people ini..····..........H .company

for reference.

The subject is elear from k....HHH .heading

andIHHH text is brief.

There is no formal signature. Sometimes

m H"" .. ..•.. originator will sign their name I~~c.;;.;c" .•~"-=-_....

freehand at n H .H'H.H bottom. ". \ .._".c·",,~.o ..~.

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Energy

a - waves are vibrations that transfer energy from place to place without

b..... matter (solid, liquid ar gas) being transferred. For example, think of

c .. ... Mexican wave in dH ••••••••••••••••••••••• crowd ate .. .football match.

f.H .wave moves around g'H' stadium, while each spectatar stays in their

seat, only moving up then down when it's their tum.

Some waves mus t travel through h substance. This substance is known as

i... medium, and it can be solid, liquid ar gas.jH sound waves and

seismic waves are like this. As the waves travel through it, k ... medium vibrates.

Other waves do not need to travel through IH substance. They may be able to

travel through m.. ......medium, but they do not have to. n..H visible light,

infrared rays, and microwaves are like this. They can travel through O empty space."f>...'i'-y

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