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Being Appropriate—what To Avoid
<h3>Commom Offenses</h3> <p>Under this head are grouped a few of the more common offenses against good form in letter writing; some of these have been touched on in other chapters.</p> <p>Never use ruled paper for any correspondence.</p> <p> Never u...
Children's Letters
<p>Children's letters may be written on ordinary stationery, but it adds a good deal of interest to their letter writing if they may use some of the several pretty, special styles to be had at any good stationer's.</p> <p>The following examples of chi...
Personal Business Letters
<p>One does not have to be in business in order to write "business letters." A thousand personal affairs crop up which require letters of a commercial rather than a social nature. There is only one rule—say what you have to say clearly...
Personal Letters—social And Friendly
<h3>Invitations and Acknowledgments</h3> <p><em>General Directions</em></p> <p>The format of an invitation is not so important as its taste. Some of the more formal sorts of invitations—as to weddings—have become rather fixed, and the set...
Telegrams
<p>Perhaps the most important thing to guard against in the writing of telegrams is a choice of words which, when run together, may be read two ways. As there should be no punctuation (and telegraph companies do not hold themselves responsible for pun...
The Business Letter
<p>A reporter was sent out on a big story—one of the biggest that had broken in many a day. He came back into the office about eight o'clock all afire with his story. He was going to make a reputation on the writing of it. He wanted to start off...
The Cost Of A Letter
<p>Discovering the exact cost of a letter is by no means an easy affair. However, approximate figures may always be had and they are extremely useful. The cost of writing an ordinary letter is quite surprising. Very few letters can be dictated, transc...
The Law Of Letters—contract Letters
<p>There are forty-eight states in this Union, and each of them has its own laws and courts. In addition we have the Federal Government with its own laws and courts. In one class of cases, the Federal courts follow the state laws which govern the part...
The Parts Of A Letter
<p>The mechanical construction of a letter, whether social, friendly, or business, falls into six or seven parts. This arrangement has become established by the best custom. The divisions are as follows:</p> <p>1. Heading</p> <p>2. Inside address (Al...
The Purpose Of The Letter
<p>No one can go far wrong in writing any sort of letter if first the trouble be taken to set out the exact object of the letter. A letter always has an object—otherwise why write it? But somehow, and particularly in the dictated letter, the obj...
The Use Of Form Paragraphs
<p>A considerable part of the day's run of correspondence in a business office has to do with not more than half-a-dozen subjects. Quotations will be asked for. Tenders will be made. Complaints will be made and received. Adjustments of various kinds w...
What Is A Letter?
<p>It is not so long since most personal letters, after an extremely formal salutation, began "I take my pen in hand." We do not see that so much nowadays, but the spirit lingers. Pick up the average letter and you cannot fail to discover th...
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The Parts Of A Letter
Being Appropriate—what To Avoid
Telegrams
The Cost Of A Letter
Personal Business Letters
Children's Letters
The Purpose Of The Letter
The Business Letter
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The Use Of Form Paragraphs
Personal Letters—social And Friendly
The Law Of Letters—contract Letters
What Is A Letter?
The Business Letter
The Purpose Of The Letter
Children's Letters
Personal Business Letters