Quiz: Rules Of Personal Business Letters

A letter to deal with business of a personal nature from you and typed on plain paper

A formal letter from a business to you that is typed on business letterhead

A letter written from you to a friend about a business deal that is written on lined paper

A letter to deal with business of a formal nature from you and written on lined paper

No punctuation is used anywhere in the letter

A colon is used after the salutation and a comma is used after the complimentary close

No punctuation is used after the salutation or complimentary close

Writer choses what punctuation to use and where to use it

3 - salutation, body, complimentary close

5 - addresses, salutation, body, complimentary close, signature

7 - addresses, date, salutation, body, complimentary close, signature, attachment/enclosure notation

9 - return address, date, inside address, salutation, body, complimentary close, signature, typed name, attachment/enclosure notation

Top

Center

Justified

Bottom

Left align

Center align

Right align

Justify align

0

1

2

4

The writer would like closer to a situation.

That there is something else besides the letter included in the envelope.

The typist name.

A document physically attached to the letter.

Colon (:)

Semicolon (;)

Comma (,)

Hyphen (-)