Business Letters

• It is a letter use for inquiring about company services.

  Information request
• WRITING MOVES: You state your request politely; you may start your message with a rhetorical question or use the expression "please".

  Opening
• WRITING MOVES: Indicated here are the reasons to why you are requesting. Additional questions related to the request should be presented in bullet form.

  Body
• WRITING MOVES: Give the date of expected reply and reason.

  Closing
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: Company name, address, and contact number.

  Letterhead
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: The date when the letter was sent.

  Dateline
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: Full name of the recipient, position in the company, name of the company, and address of the company.

  Inside Address
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: "Dear" followed by the surname of the recipient.

  Salutation
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: Presented here is the message itself.

  Content
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: Words such as sincerely, respectfully, very truly yours, etc.

  Complimentary close
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: Full name of the sender followed by the position of the company.

  Signature line
• PARTS OF BUSINESS LETTER: The initials of the writer and sender's name in capital letter

  Reference initials