OutlineofabusinessletterSUNYingINecessarypartsofabusinessletterIISelectivepartsofabusinessletterIIIlayoutofabusinessletterIVaboutanEnvelopINecessarypartsofabusinessletter2(1)theletter-head(2)thereferenceanddate(3)theinsidenameandaddress(4)thesalutation(5)thebodyoftheletter(6)thecomplimentarycloseYoursfaithfully/FaithfullyyoursYourssincerely/SincerelyyoursYourstruly/Trulyyours(7)thesignatureIISelectivepartsofabusinessletter2(8)theAttentionline(9)thesubjectline(10)thereferencenotation(11)theenclosure(12)thecarboncopynotationc.cShanghaiBranchOffice(originalandcopy)b.c.c.Mr.Jones(onlycopy)(13)Postscript/P.S.•e.g.CHINANATIONALCHEMICALIMP&EXPCORP.Xijiao,Beijing,P.R.China3rd,May,2014•Messrs.J.Brown&Co.•143Eastcheap•London,E.C.3•Attention:ImportDept•DearSirorMadam,•Subj.:UREAS•Thankyoufor…..•YoursFaithfully•NQ/sc•Encl.•c.courBranchOffices•p.s:Yourletterofthe22ndAprilhasjustcometohand.Asrequested,wewillairmailyoutwopacketsofsampletomorrow.IIILayoutofabusinessletterLayoutofabusinessLetterIndentedStyleBlockedStyleIndentedstyleFollowingtraditionalpractice,theindentedstyletakesinthefirstlineofeachparagraphinthebodyoftheletter,fiveorsixspaces,thoughdeeperindentationsthanthesearesometimespreferred.Consistencyinuseis,however,themostimportantpoint.BlockedstyleItsoutstandingfeatureis:thecommencementofalltypinglines,includingthoseforthedate,insidenameandaddress,salutation,subjectheadingandcomplimentaryclose,attheleft-handmargin.Thelossofclarityoccasionedbytheabsenceofindentationsmaybemadegoodbyincreasingthenumberofseparatingline-spacingbetweenparagraphsfromtwotothree.BlockedstylePlacementofdateontheleft-handsideofthepapermaycauseinconveniencewhenparticularlettersarerequiredfromthefiles.Becauseofthis,somefirmsusingtheblockedstyleoflayoutpreferadatepositionontheright.Singleline-spacinggivesaletteranappearanceofcompactnessandisusualforbothlongandshortletters,thoughdoubleline-spacingispreferredbysomeforveryshortletters.1.Fullblockstyle(letterhead)April21,201...