5. FEATURES

1.       Formal Letters: These are letters written to people in authority – Governors, Ministers, Presidents, Principals, HODs, etc. they are official letters with unique features. The skeleton of the letter is like this:

 

 

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          1.       Address of the writer

          2.       Date

          3.       Recipient address

          4.       Salutation (Opening subscription)

          5.       Title

          6.       Body of the Letter

          7.       Closing Subscription

          8.       Signature of the Writer

          9.       The Full Name of the Writer

2.       The language is strictly formal i. e. there should be no shortening of words like (can’t, don’t, I’m, etc.). There is no room for use of slang.

3.       There is no room for familiarization between the writer and the recipient.

4.       It requires two addresses

5.       It requires title

6.       It requires signature of the writer

7.       It requires the full name of the writer

8.       The required closure subscription is ‘Yours faithfully’.