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WRITING A PERSONAL LETTER
Personal letters/ Friendly letter
This is the message written by someone in order to inform him/her about different issues which are not officials. The content of these letters is different from other types of letters such as official letters and others. The kind of conversation in this friendly letter is very casual (informal way).
There are two types of letters such as
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[*]Personal/ Friendly letters.
[*]Official letters.
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For a personal letter to be written in a good way there are different principles or characteristics which are considered in writing a personal letter;
Principles of writing friendly letters
ILLUSTRATION OF THE PERSONAL LETTER FORMAT[table][tr][td][table][tr][td] Sender’s Address[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Date[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Greetings/Introduction sentence[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Main Body[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Ending of letter[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Your name[/td][/tr][/table]
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An example of Friendly letter
Focus Francis,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania,
May 22, 2016.
Dear Selemani,
It’s my hopeful that you are still doing well. To my side I’m fine and I proceed well with my job.
I don’t think if you can understand what I’m gonna tell you, but in short, I have got a scholarship to go to study German. I’m so happy…. Soo happy because soon I’m gonna be at the higher level of education. So kindly I want to inform you that I will be there German at the end of next month.
I would like to thank u much my dear friend for your support towards my journey for success, I do appreciate you forever and ever.
Thanks much and God be with you..
Have a good moments
It’s your Friend Focus Francis
EXERCISE
Write a letter to your friend telling him that you have passed your national examinations.
Personal letters/ Friendly letter
This is the message written by someone in order to inform him/her about different issues which are not officials. The content of these letters is different from other types of letters such as official letters and others. The kind of conversation in this friendly letter is very casual (informal way).
There are two types of letters such as
[list=lower-roman]
[*]Personal/ Friendly letters.
[*]Official letters.
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For a personal letter to be written in a good way there are different principles or characteristics which are considered in writing a personal letter;
Principles of writing friendly letters
- Writing of the date, when the letter was written
- Presence of sender’s Address
- The use of a causal language
- Different topics can be written in the same letter
- The length of the content of the letter is not limited
- There is no formula on how to end the letter.
- You can write your name at the end of the letter
ILLUSTRATION OF THE PERSONAL LETTER FORMAT[table][tr][td][table][tr][td] Sender’s Address[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Date[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Greetings/Introduction sentence[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Main Body[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Ending of letter[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td]Your name[/td][/tr][/table]
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An example of Friendly letter
Focus Francis,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania,
May 22, 2016.
Dear Selemani,
It’s my hopeful that you are still doing well. To my side I’m fine and I proceed well with my job.
I don’t think if you can understand what I’m gonna tell you, but in short, I have got a scholarship to go to study German. I’m so happy…. Soo happy because soon I’m gonna be at the higher level of education. So kindly I want to inform you that I will be there German at the end of next month.
I would like to thank u much my dear friend for your support towards my journey for success, I do appreciate you forever and ever.
Thanks much and God be with you..
Have a good moments
It’s your Friend Focus Francis
EXERCISE
Write a letter to your friend telling him that you have passed your national examinations.