Greetings in English

Formal Greetings:

Good morning! - in the morning
Good afternoon! - in the afternoon
Good evening! - in the evening - when you meet a person
Good night! - in the evening - when you leave home or go to bed
How do you do!

Informal Greetings:
Hi!
Hello!
Nice to meet you!
Glad to meet you!

Punctuation in English

Apostrophe ( ' )
Brackets ( [ ] )
Colon ( : )
Comma ( , )
Hyphen ( - )
Elipsis ( ... )
Exclamation mark ( ! )
Parenthesis ( )
Period ( . )
Question mark ( ? )
Quotation mark ( " " )
Semicolon ( ; )
Slash ( / )

How to write letters in English

Formal Letters

1. Sender's address;
2. Date;
3. Receiver's address;
4. Attention line;
5. Salutation;
6. Body of the letter;
7. Complimentary Close;
8. Signature.

*** Do not use contractions.E.g. I am writing to request... NEVER ... I'm writing to request...

Informal Letters

1. Date;
2. Salutation: Dear Brian or Brian;
3. Body of the letter;
4. Close: Love, Best wishes/regards, Yours;
5. Sender's name.

*** You can use contractions. E.g. I'm, You're...

If you don't know the name of the person you're writing to:

Salutation: Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Miss

Close: Yours Faithfully

If you know the name of the person:

Salutation: Dear Mr. Bright / Mrs. Bright

Close: Sincerely, Yours sincerely

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