Social correspondence
Letters are written to fulfil social obligations or to meet personal needs which may not be directly related to our official or professional activities. Some letters of this kind are letters of congratulations, invitations, introductions, recommendations, condolences, letters conveying acceptances and regrets,and letter making hotel reservations and booking by air,retail etc.
Tough the format and style of such letters is generally the same as that of business letters,they have an air of ease and casualness.Their tone depends largely on the degree of intimacy between the write and the receiver.
The following seven parts usually constitute the structure of a social letter:
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