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NEED OF A BUSINESS LETTER
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FUNCTIONS OF A BUSINESS LETTER
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Types of Letter
 1. Personal Letter
 2. Non personal Letter
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Non-personal or business letters
 Enquiries & replies
 Circular letters
 Bank correspondence
 The correspondence of a company
secretary
 Application letters
 Letters to the press Order
 Sales letters
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Types of Business Letter
 Official letters
 Demi-official letters
 Internal or memos
 Form letter
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Elements of Business Letter
1. Heading
2. Date
3. Your Reference
4. Inside Address
5. Attention
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8. Body
9. Complimentary close
10. Signature
11. Enclosure
12. C.C
13. Post Script
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1. Heading
 Malla Reddy Engineering College
 Kompally, Secunderabad 501301.
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2. Date
15 April, 2020
August 15, 2020
15th August, 2020
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3. Reference
 Thank you for your letter Number AB/
46/P497 of April 2, 2020
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4. Inside address
 Sri Mohan Lal Gokhale
 do not write Sri M.L. Gokhale
 or Sri Mohan L. Gokhale
 Or Sri M. Lal Gokhale.
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5. Attention line
 Attention: The Sales Manager
or
 Attention: Sri Y.K. Gupta
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6. Salutation
 Dear Sri Tripathi
Dear Smt. Mishra
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7. Subject
 Subject: Supply of Packing Boxes.
 Subject: Payment of Bill Number N/543 of
January 2020
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8. Body
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9. Complimentary close
 1. Sir, Yours faithfully or
Yours obediently
Yours respectfully
2. Dear sirs, Yours faithfully
Sir, or
Madams, Yours truly
Madam,
3. Dear Sri. Nayar Yours Sincerely
4. Dear Shyam Yours Sincerely
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10. Signature
 signed name of the writer
 Yours faithfully
(G.M. Mishra)
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11. Enclosure
 Encls: 1. Agreement dated 1 October,
2017.
2. Cheque Number p 35672 of 4 October
2019
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12. Copy distributions
 The names of the person should be
arranged either in order of importance or
alphabetically
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13. Postscript
 it should preferably be avoided.
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Style of Presentation/Form of
Letters
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Thank you
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