1 formal emails: style and layout
Formal emails are similar in style to letters on paper. The writer’s postal address and phone/fax number, if they are included, follow the signature.
2 informal emails
Personal emails are usually much more informal in style than letters on paper. Instead of ‘Dear X’, they often begin for example ‘X’, ‘Hi, X’, ‘Hello, X’; or with no salutation at all.
3 addresses
email addresses are read as follows:
j.harris- funbiz.co.uk ‘j dot harris at funbiz dot co dot u k’ mary@[i][c green]l[/i][/c]og-farm.com ‘mary at log dash farm dot com’ the_rabbit@coolmail.gr ‘the underline rabbit at coolmail dot g r’
– bbq @ 9 2 bsy atm, tlk I8r if Uv tym, send pix o kids
For more information consult a good dictionary like Langman, Oxford, Merriam Webster, or Collins.
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