How to Write Letters
by Mary Owens Crowther
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Crowther, Mary Owens, 1882-1972
- Title
- How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence
- Credits
- Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- Letter writing
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22222
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22222
- Release Date
- August 2, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HOW TO WRITE LETTERS
- 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 3.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII
- 4.LIST OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.HOW TO WRITE LETTERS
- 6.WHAT IS A LETTER?
- 7.THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER
- 8.THE PARTS OF A LETTER — 1. The Heading — 2. The Inside Address — 3. The Salutation — 4. The Body of the Letter — 5. The Complimentary Close — 6. The Signature — 7. The Superscription
- 9.BEING APPROPRIATE—WHAT TO AVOID — Commom Offenses — Stock Phrases in Business Letters
- 10.PERSONAL LETTERS—SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY — Invitations and Acknowledgments — FORMAL INVITATIONS — INFORMAL INVITATIONS — The Letter of Condolence — Letters of Sympathy in Case of Illness — Letters of Congratulation — Letters of Introduction — Letter of Thanks — Letters between Friends
- 11.PERSONAL BUSINESS LETTERS
- 12.THE BUSINESS LETTER — Sales and Announcement Letters — Keeping the Customer — Selling Real Estate — Bank Letters — Letters of Order and Acknowledgment — Letters of Complaint and Adjustment — Credit and Collection Letters — Letters to References Given by the Applicant — Letters of Application — Letters of Reference — Letters of Introduction — Letters of Inquiry
- 13.THE USE OF FORM PARAGRAPHS
- 14.CHILDREN'S LETTERS
- 15.TELEGRAMS — Occasional Telegrams
- 16.THE LAW OF LETTERS—CONTRACT LETTERS
- 17.THE COST OF A LETTER
- 18.STATIONERY, CRESTS AND MONOGRAMS — Social Correspondence — Business Stationery — THE END
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.