Body of a Business Letter

Capitalise the first word of the text (even if the salutation ends with a comma). The text is left-justified and a blank line is put after each paragraph. It is not common to indent the first line of a paragraph.

Content

• first paragraph: introduction and reason for writing
• following paragraphs: explain your reasons for writing in more detail, provide background information etc.
• last paragraph: summarise your reason for writing again and make clear what you want the recipient to do

Changed: 02nd Jun 2004 22:08

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