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Personal LettersMount View Hospital
Albion Rd.
Cambridge
CBI2JE
5th May
Dear Tom,
Well, as you can see from the address, here I am in hospital. It gets so boring lying here doing nothing that I thought I'd drop you a line.
The reason I'm here is that I had a bit of an accident coming back from a party in London last weekend. I'd had one or two drinks at the party — I wasn't drunk, but it was raining and the road was a bit slippery. Bill Rogers was with me, and we were doing about 50 along the main road when suddenly I saw some headlights coming straight towards me. I slammed on my brakes and swerved to avoid the other car, but skidded, and he crashed into the side of us. Bill wasn't hurt, luckily, and the chap in the other car was only shaken up a bit. He swears that I was on the wrong side of the road, but I'm covinced that he was. The car was a write-off, and I was lucky to escape with a broken arm and a few cuts and bruises. I was knocked out -my head must have hit the steering-wheel. It was amazing that it wasn't worse, especially since I wasn't wearing my safety belt. It was a nasty shock, I can tell you.
The doctors want to keep me in here for another week or so. I keep having headaches, and they want to have me in hospital in case I black out or anyting. I can't understand why, because I'm feeling pretty well, really. Anyhow, do write to me as it s so boring here with nothing to do.
Give my love to Mary and the children, and hope to hear from you soon,
Yours, John
P.S. My mother's just dropped in to see me, and she sends you her regards.
PERSONAL LETTERS
II. Notice the following points.
A.The Address
The sender's name is not included in ihe address, which is always in the top left hand corner of the page.
Each part of the address starts on a different line. Each word of the address starts with a capital letter.
Abbreviations:
The most common abbreviations in personal addresses are:Ave. = Avenue Rd. = RoadSt. = Street
Notice that there is always a full stop (.) after an abbreviation. A full stop after an abbreviation can be followed by a comma when it comes at the end of a line.
Look at the following addresses. Pay particular attention to the order of the parts of the address, and to the punctuation.Flat D,The White House. 215, London Rd.,20, Fitzroy Ave., Oxenturn Road, Henley-on-Thames,
London W. 8.CanterburyOxfordshireB.The Date
The date comes slightly below the address.
The order of the date is - day month year
Examples: 1st February, 2016. 23rd September, 2016.
In letters to close friends it is not always necessary to include the year.
C.The Beginning and the Ending
In the letter above, John Shipman has written to his good friend Tom Black.
He has started the letter: Dear Tom,
and finished it: Yours, John.
In the exercise below, you are given examples of possible personal letters. You must select the appropriate beginning and ending to the letter.
Example:
Timothy Scott, writing to his uncle, Michael Scott.
Dear Mr. Soon Dear Uncle Scott Dear Uncle Michael Dear Soon
Your Faithfully, Timothy Yours, nephew Your ever living nephew Yours nephew Yours Timothy.
Answer: Dear Uncle Michael Yours, Timothy.
Exercise. I.
1.Timothy Scott, writing to his brother, James Scott.Dear Brother Dear JimDear James ScottBrother
Yours Sincerely, Timothy From your brother With regards from Timothy Goodbye, Timothy
2.Timothy Scott, writing to a neighbour, Edward Woods, whom he doesn't know very well.
Dear Mr Woods Dear SirDear Woods Dear NeighbourYours Faithfully, Mr Scott Your Sincerely, Timothy ScottYour Neighbour, Timothy Scott Yours, Timothy
Timothy Scott, writing to his good friend, Jane Price.
Dear Miss Price Dear Miss Jane Dear Friend Dear Jane
Yours in live, TimothyWith love from Timothy Yours, Timothy Scott Your Friend, Timothy
Timothy Scott, writing to his Grandmother, Emily Baker.
Dear Grandmother Emily Dear Mrs Baker Dear Grandmother Dear Emily.
Yours Ever, Timothy Scott Best Wishes, Timothy
Yours, Grandson Love and Kisses, T.ScottExercise II.
Read the letter again. Write Tom's reply to it. The letter should include sympathy for the fact that John is in hospital, a friendly warning about driving after parties, and a suggestion that John comes to stay with you when he gets out of hospital.
Exercise III.
John's uncle, an old man whom John has only met once, has written to him in hospital. Write John's reply, thanking his uncle for the letter, explaining very briefly a 'suitable' story about the accident, and saying that he would like to meet his uncle after his discharge from hospital.