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    The document provides instructions for writing a formal letter, including addressing the recipient, beginning and closing greetings, and formatting. It explains that a letter should include the sender's address, recipient's address, date, greeting, body, and closing. When the recipient is unknown or an organization, the letter should begin with "Dear Sir or Madam" and close with "Yours faithfully." When writing to a specific person, the letter begins with "Dear [Title] [Surname]" and closes with "Yours sincerely," followed by the sender's full name.

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    Writing A Formal Letter

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    Saif Al Deen
    The document provides instructions for writing a formal letter, including addressing the recipient, beginning and closing greetings, and formatting. It explains that a letter should include the sender's address, recipient's address, date, greeting, body, and closing. When the recipient is unknown or an organization, the letter should begin with "Dear Sir or Madam" and close with "Yours faithfully." When writing to a specific person, the letter begins with "Dear [Title] [Surname]" and closes with "Yours sincerely," followed by the sender's full name.

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    Writing a Formal Letter

    Your address
    Recipient’s address

    Date

    Greeting

    Your letter

    Closing farewell

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    Writing a Formal Letter

    Your address
    Recipient’s address

    Date

    Greeting

    Title

    Your letter

    Closing farewell

    Page 2 of 4 visit twinkl.com


    What to write

    Beginning your letter

    If you don’t know who to address the letter to, or you are
    writing to a whole organisation, begin your letter with:

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    Closing your letter

    When you begin with Dear Sir or Madam you must sign
    the letter using:

    Yours faithfully,
    [Your Full Name]

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    What to write

    Beginning your letter

    When you are writing to a specific person and you know


    their name, the polite way to address them is using Mr,
    Mrs or Ms and their surname:

    Dear Mr Smith,

    Closing your letter

    When you begin your letter in this way, sign the


    letter using:

    Yours Sincerely,
    [Your Full Name]

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