Monday 13 October 2014

Writing: emails and informal letters

Useful Phrases for Informal Letters

Start informal letter in english 
The most common salutation in an informal letter is “Dear….” Note that it is followed by a comma. 

  • Dear Mickel,
  • Dearest George,

However, some go extremely informal and use “Hello ” or “Hi!”


Body informal letter in english 

Starting your letter (Paragraph 1)

Thanks for your letter. 
Lovely to hear from you. 
How are you? 
How are things? 
Hope you're well.

Commenting on something (Paragraph 1)

I'm sorry to hear/learn ... 
I'm so pleased to hear ... 
It's great to hear ... 
What wonderful news about ...

Moving the topic on (Paragraph 2)

Anyway, the reason I'm writing ... 
I thought I'd write to tell/ask you 
Anyway, I was wondering ..


End informal letter in english 


  • Write soon...
  • That reminds me,...
  • Looking forward to hearing from you.
  • Best wishes.
  • If you have any ather questions? pleas don't hesitate to call. 
  • Take care, Michael
  • Love,
  • Lots of love,
  • Best wishes,
  • Missing you lots,
  • I must go now
  • I’ll finish now as I’m running out of space.
  • Hope to hear from you soon
  • Take care
  • Cheers


Post Script 

Use P.S. to add a short message after the complimentary close. Use it especially to write down something that you may have forgotten in the body of the letter.

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