Letter Writing
How to write a letter to the editor
- Be polite.
- Be specific.
- Stick to one topic.
- Use facts and figures to back up your arguments.
- State your qualifications, if useful to the letter.
- When possible, compare and contrast. State why your candidate is better and why the other candidate is poor on an issue.
- Be concise. Short letters are more likely to be printed than lengthy screeds.
- Be original. Don’t sounds like everyone else. Use your own voice.
- Be grammatically correct.
- Be positive when appropriate. Don't hesitate to send a complimentary letter to the newspaper for a good editorial or story. Congratulate politicians you agree with.
- Read your letter out loud. Does it sound good? Does it make sense?
Letter Writing Tips
Always proofread your letter after writing it, check for sentence structure, grammar, spelling mistakes...
Keep the recipient in mind, and write in a way that he/she can easily understand the letter.
Don't use abbreviated dates, e.g. use November 19, 2004, and not 11/19/04
Be respectful when you write, even if you are writing a letter of complaint.
Business letter writing tips
Be concise and keep to the point, but don't leave out any important information.
Try to keep your letter short enough so that it fits on one page.
If your letter is more than a page long, use another page, don't use the back of the page.
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Questions;
- Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper expressing your anguish over the pollution caused by the discharge of untreated effluents by the factories of your locality.
- Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper explaining the need for providing bright street lamps in your street where there is no adequate lighting for most part of street.
Sample letter to the Editor
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper about the loudspeaker nuisance in your locality
Karur
18thOctober, 2010
To
The Editor
The Hindu
Chennai-02
Sir,
Sub : loudspeaker nuisance in our locality – Reg.
I shall be grateful if you could kindly publish the following in the “Letters to the Editor” column of your esteemed daily.
Of late the loudspeaker nuisance in our locality has become a menace. Not a day passes without it. All my appeals, complaints and entreaties to the authorities have fallen on deaf ears.
There are two marriage halls in our locality. Almostevery daythere is a marriage- sometimes two marriages. Marriage is primarily a private matter but people make it a public affair. They make it a point to play cassettes and use the loudspeakers to carry the sound as far as possible. We just can’t avoid being distracted by this. The sound is deafening our ears.
When it is election time, one just can’t sleep at night or have peace during the day. The sounds disturb us round the clock. Students find it impossible to concentrate on theirstudies. Old and sick people, even children are tortured by these most unwanted noises.
When any V.I.P is visiting our town, the autos, cars and taxis are fixed with loud speakers to announce the arrival and engagements of the V.I.P as people have no other work to do.
When people take out processions, they no longer believe in silent marching. The whole world must know that they are agitating. They also use loudspeakers to attract the attention of everyone.
In the interest of peaceful living, allowing people to carry on their work without any disturbance from outside, I appeal to the authorities through these few lines in your newspaper, to take immediate steps to put an end to this public nuisance.
Yours truly,
( Name )
Permission to undergo Practical training
For the project work, students have to companies/factories/industries/mills concerned and get prior permission to undergo training .The following details have to be mentioned:
1. Branch of Engineering and division/section where he/ she wants to get training.
2. The probable duration of the training and the proposed date.
3. Whether he/ she has been sponsored by the institution where he/ she is studying.
Sample Permission letter
Karur
26th April 2010
From
R.Sriram, III B.E (E.C.E)
Chettinad College of Engineering and Technology
Puilyur
Karur
To
The Personal Manager
Lucas TVS Ltd.,
Padi
Chennai-50
Sir,
Sub: Permission to undergo practical training –Reg.
I am a III year B.E.Electronics and Communications Engineering student of Chettinad College of Engineering and Technology, with keen interest in Machine Tool Design pertaining to auto elctricals.I have chosen this topic for my project work. I wish to under go practical training in your prestigious factory during the summervacation from 15.09.2012 to 14.10.2012.
The practical training under your expert guidance will enable me to carry out my propose project in the above field successfully. Moreover, I am confident that this practical training will equip me with the latest trends in this field.As your world-renowned company has the most sophisticated equipment and foreign qualified technicians, I would be able to get the best guidance, training and experience.
Kindly grant me permission to undergo training in your esteemed company. I assure that I shall abide by all the rules and regulations stipulated by your company. Our Professor and Principal have issued a sponsorship certificate which I am enclosing for your favorable consideration.
Yours faithfully,
Questions
1. Write a letter to a factory requesting them to permit you to undergo practical training in their factory. Give the reason for choice, your project work, and your academic achievement, the duration of the training and how you could be useful to them.
2. As the representative of your class, write to some well- known companies / industries in the field of electronics in and around Bangalore seeking permission to visit them. Specify the dates and time of your visit, request for guidance from experts and discussion with experts in the field.
Jumbled sentences
Question
1. It is malleable and we can, therefore, change its shape by pressing and hammering.
2. It has been accepted by the nations of the world as a medium of international exchange.
3. It is also ductile; this means that we can draw it out into wire.
4. In ancient India, too exquisite gold ornaments were made by skilled craftspeople.
5. Although we do not use gold for coinage nowadays, there was a time when gold coins were in use. The Greeks developed the art of coin-making to a high degree of skill.
6. Gold is important for another reason.
7. Gold possesses two properties which make it easy for the artisan to work on.
8. The Egyptians knew the art of jewellery - making as early as 3000 B.C.
AnswersAns 8,4,6,2,5,7,1,3
8. The Egyptians knew the art of jewellery - making as early as 3000 B.C.
4. In ancient India, too exquisite gold ornaments were made by skilled craftspeople.
6. Gold is important for another reason.
2. It has been accepted by the nations of the world as a medium of international exchange.
5. Although we do not use gold for coinage nowadays, there was a time when gold coins
7. Gold possesses two properties which make it easy for the artisan to work on.
1. It is malleable and we can, therefore, change its shape by pressing and hammering.
3. It is also ductile; this means that we can draw it out into wire.