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  • been pretty good borrowers in the past.

  • And this is the first time that's an issue like this has come up.

  • Okay, Now we want to probably sign off with a little thank you.

  • So thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

  • Okay, so we sign off with a thank you, and and then we want to put some a small closing and in a letter we typically use sincerely is nice sincerely, or we can also use regards.

  • In my opinion, regards is a little bit cold, but it can be used, so I'm gonna keep it at sincerely, okay?

  • And that's that's basically our letter from start to finish.

  • Look at the format of the letter and just go over some things that you need to remember and to check off.

  • Especially if you're writing a letter for in aisles exam.

  • So the one thing is eyes the address, which is at the beginning.

  • And when you say you want to always start with dear, even if you're writing a friendly letter and if you don't know who you're writing to, you include Sir madam.

  • Now the punctuation is always a comma.

  • Following dear.

  • Whatever dear.

  • Sir.

  • Madam, come.

  • Okay.

  • Now, to make sure that you must make sure that each your paragraphs are indented and just a reminder that's a space at the beginning.

  • And another important thing is to make sure that each paragraph follows the topic or does the job that it's supposed to.

  • So just just to reiterate, the first paragraph is basically just stating the purpose.

  • Okay.

  • And this is this is very short.

  • It's maybe one sentence or two sentences.

  • The second paragraph is outlining the details of your issue and why you're writing.

  • Okay.

  • And then finally, your third sentence is outlining what you expect to get out of this letter.

  • What you would like toe happen, Okay.

  • And then at the ends, you want to sign off and follow your sign off with a comma like we've done here.

  • Okay, Now let's read the entire thing together.

  • Dear Sir, Madam, I am writing in regards to my library books, which are due in the near future.

  • Unfortunately, I have a very urgent matter that I must attend to.

  • You see, my cousin has fallen ill and is in the hospital.

  • As you can understand, he is in need of support from my family.

  • Regretfully, I will not be able to return my books to you as my plane departs today.

  • And I will not have enough time to make a trip to you.

  • I understand that this situation makes me eligible to receive a fine.

  • However, I would greatly appreciate it if you would waive this fine on the grounds that my circumstances are very urgent.

  • I trust that this will be possible as I have consistently return my books on time in the past.

  • Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

  • Sincerely, Ryan.

  • Now, one thing I just like to point out before we conclude is that, um there are some words in here that that helped the entire letter work together.

  • Okay, And the words I'm talking about are basically separated by commas.

  • So you see, And here we have you see, as you can understand, regretfully and then down here, we use, however, and I trust that this will be possible now.

  • These phrases they helped tow link the sentences together.

  • So a good example is down here where we say I trust that this will be possible.

  • Now the word this.

  • That helps us to link to the idea that came before it.

  • Okay.

  • And this, when we use these words toe link the sentences together, we call that cohesion chill right down here.

  • Cohesion.

  • Which is basically the idea that we want our sentences to work as a team to gather to best get the idea across.

  • Okay, so that is the conclusion of how to write a letter.

  • Thank you for listening.

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