Letter Writing

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In school, we were introduced to formal and informal letter writing. The knowledge back then, gained especially in formal letter writing, still helps me today when writing formal emails at work. Found a couple of letters I'd written in 8th grade as part of an English assignment:

Informal Letter Writing: Write an informal letter to a close friend of yours giving a vivid description of your trip to Mysore in April 2008.

<Address - 3 lines>

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<Date as: 24th June, 2008>

Dear <Friend>,

        I hope this letter finds you in the best of health and spirits. I apologize to you for not sending a reply after I received yours. There's something that I'm eager to tell you. Do you remember what I told you about my school excursion to Mysore? Well, we went a month ago and had the best of times.

        It was fun travelling by train with friends. We talked, ate, played cards, sang, and even listened to music. We were told by the instructors that in Mysore, we would be visiting various temples and other religious places. At each temple, we had guides explaining to us about the place and also giving a little extra information about them.

        We visited the Brindavan Gardens, and also had a view of the spectacular musical fountain show. The Mysore Silk Factory was a place really worthwhile to see. We were shown how the saris were being made. We clicked snaps in the Belur and Halebedu Temples, which had extraordinary carvings of Gods and Goddesses. The Jayaramachandra Art Gallery had three floors of a variety of paintings.

        When we were taken to the Shravanabelagola Temple, we were completely exhausted and had a tough time climbing the flight of around seven hundred steps in the scorching heat of the sun. The Mysore Palace was a lovely place to see. Similarly, we enjoyed going to Tipu's Summer Palace. We enjoyed ourselves to the fullest. I really wished you could have also been there to have a lovely experience like this.

        The next time you have your holidays, I hope we can plan and visit lovely places like those I went to in Mysore.

        Please convey my regards to your parents.

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Yours lovingly,

Sriya

Formal letter writing: Write a letter to the Editor of a local newspaper, complaining about the electricity failure in your town during the examination days. You must explain in your letter the inconvenience caused to students and request the competent authorities to restore the current immediately.

<Address - 3 lines>

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<Date as: 19th July, 2008>

The Editor,

B. C. Acharya Marg,

Chembur, Mumbai - 400071

Sir,

    I am a resident of <home address>, Chembur. In this area, I face an electricity problem due to which I am unable to study. Since my SSC exams will be approaching the following week, it is very annoying to have the current going erratically. This inconvenience of inconsistent power failure disrupts my concentration.

    I request you to take steps regarding this matter as soon as possible since it has been going on for the past five days. Kindly attend to it at the earliest. I will be thankful to you if I could get to study in peace within a day or two.

There was an urgent need to highlight this matter in your esteemed newspaper. I sincerely hope that the concerned authorities will take note of this problem and rectify the situation immediately.

Yours truly,

Sriya Ganesh