Dos And Dont's About Writing Official Letters - Part 1

Don'ts About Writing Official Letters - Part 2

• Write the date in this form: 23/1/2001 or 1/23/2001. It might cause confusion, e.g. 2/1/2001 Is 2 January 2001 in Britain, but 1 February in USA?

• Write town name in the date

• Start your letter with Dear MS Judith Jameson. You start an informal letter with Dear Judith and a formal letter with Dear MS Jameson, but never mix up both.

• Write an exclamation mark (!) in the opening salutation

• Use short forms like I’m, Id, you don’t etc. in a formal letter.