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BUSINESS LETTERS

CLOSED PUNCTUATION FORMAT


The last line of the heading the date line and the last line of
the inside address the names of the city and state are followed
by periods, while all preceding lines of the heading and the inside
address are followed by commas. The last line of the signature is
also followed by a period, while all the preceding lines except the
pen-written signature are followed by commas. No punctuation
mark follows the pen-written signature. The term signature applies
to the entire signature unit, which usually consists of several lines.
The colon following the salutation and the comma following the
complimentary close are preferably retained even with the open
form.
CLOSED PUNCTUATION FORMAT


OPEN PUNCTUATION FORMAT

LETTER STYLES

1. Indented Styles
2. Double-spaced indented style
3. Purely block letter style
4. Block Letter style
5. Semi-block letter style
6. Hanging Paragraph letter style

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