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PERSONAL LETTER BUSINESS LETTER

3.Reveal your personality and imagination in colorful personal letters. Keep business

letters brief, clear, and courteous.

4.Personal letters include letters to friends and family members. Thank-you notesand

invitations are personal letters that may be either formal or informal in style.

5.Use a letter of request, a type of business letter, to ask for information or to place an

order. Be concise, yet give all the details necessary for your request to be fulfilled. Keep

the tone of your letter courteous, and be generous in allotting time for a response.

6.Use an opinion letterto take a firm stand on an issue. Make the letter clear, firm,

rational, and purposeful. Be aware of your audience, their attitude, how informed they

are, and their possible reactions to your opinion. Support your statements of opinion

with facts.

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