English writing.. exercise 6 & 7.. help!!

[Jspake]

Hey guys..
Please help me clear my doubts..
When you are told to write a letter to the editor of a magazine expressing your views on a particular topic, is it supposed to be a formal letter?? And yeah.. is the reference also supposed to be written??

 

[mahmoud631]

Look If you have to write to some one who is older than you, you must write semiformal letter
You start with Dear Mr...........
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Bestwishes,
Two Names
TWO NAMES

 

[mahmoud631]

by the way you can use shortened forms but don't use slang language like

 

[Micro961]

Ofcourse informal..
Oh and if you're gonna write dear Mr blabla (his name) you have to end it with yours sincerely, If you're gonna write just dear sir/Miss (no name) then end it with yours faithfully.

Formal letters should be to your friends/family etc..

 

[Lost_Life]

There are two types of writing formats:
First: Informal
Second :Formal

Informal:
try to always start with a congratulation or an apology ex: Sorry i haven't written lately I've been too busy revising for my exams
OR Congrats on your test, job well done!
*try to personalize it, mention your friend ex: My first day as an assistant in a saloon was difficult,as difficult as that time we tried to......
Formal:
Always start with a transition sentence EXCEPT if it is a magazine article then, you start with a question ex:
Do you believe in Happiness? Do you think being happy is just a state of mind? research has shown that...
and continue all the way through
1 more tip if you have enough information to balance both ads and disads then i suggest you go for ARGUMENTATIVE
if you have more ideas on a single idea then go for DISCURSIVE and dont forget to leave a suggestion at the end to leave the examiners hangin'
BEST OF LUCK!

 

[Micro961]

Ohh sorrrry i meant formal***** lol

 

[Mamun Islam]

Ofcourse informal..
Oh and if you're gonna write dear Mr blabla (his name) you have to end it with yours sincerely, If you're gonna write just dear sir/Miss (no name) then end it with yours faithfully.

Formal letters should be to your friends/family etc..

its the other way round

 

[Micro961]

its the other way round

maybe you didn't notice but i said "sorry i meant formal"

 

[tribianni]

hii..........do dey cut marks for cutting words??

 

[Lost_Life]

if you used contractions in formal writing, yes they will

 

[tribianni]

contractions? i dint gt it?

 

[Mamun Islam]

maybe you didn't notice but i said "sorry i meant formal"

noticed it afterwards haha sorry