ENGL 3323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Blind Carbon Copy, Cover Letter
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Block style: single space and double space between paragraphs. Letters include: letterhead, date, inside address, greeting, body, closing, signature (cid:523)complimentary close (cid:498)sincerely, regards, best. (cid:499) sincerely is typically the best to go with). Letters can also be sent electronically (usually will just have typed name rather than signature) Avoid bureaucratic phasing: when writing correspondence, especially a formal letter, some people feel a strange urge to use phrasing that sounds bureaucratic: Bureaucratic: pursuant to you request, please find the enclosed materials. Nonbureaucratic: we have included the materials you requested: bureaucratic phrasing depersonalizes a letter, undermining the one-to-one relationship between the writer and reader. Not going to have an actual signature (cid:523)usually you"ll just include contact info(cid:524) Memos include: header, date, to, from, subject. Emails primary readers, including your supervisors or others who might be interested in your. Cc and bcc lines the cc and bcc lines are used to copy the message to people who are not the conversation.
