Types of Correspondence 2

•        Formal correspondence

–       Business letter

–       Important event (wedding invitation)

–       Legal  - having a special meaning under the law (speeding fine from the Police)
Often called a legal document

–       Account – phone bill or electricity bill

•        Informal

–       Send only to people you know well (friends)

–       Often use abbreviations, slang and incomplete sentences  - emails, notes, sms, chats (What’s App etc.)

Some vocabulary to use

•        write a letter   

•        write the address on the envelope

•        put a letter in an envelope  

•        put a stamp on the envelope

•        mail   send   deliver

•        receive OR get a letter BUT open the envelope

•        read a letter

•        reply to a letter    BUT  correspond by letter

•        file     keep    lose  OR  misplace (cannot find it)

•        shred   destroy   tear up

•        scan    copy     distribute  OR  circulate

Last updated: 2012-11-03 16:31:21