1. Definition
of Letter
A letter is
a written message from one party to another
containing information. Letters guarantee the preservation of communication
between both parties. They bring friends or relatives closer together, enrich
professional relationships and provide a satisfying mean of self-expression.
Letters contribute to the protection and conservation of literacy, which is the
ability to write and read. Letters
have been sent since antiquity and are mentioned in the Iliad by Homer (lived around 7th or 8th
centuries B.C.). Works by both Herodotus and Thucydides, also mention letters.
2. The
Advantages of Letter
Despite email, letters are still popular, particularly
in business and for official communications. Letters have the following
advantages over email:
- No special device is needed to receive a letter, just a postal address, and the letter can be read immediately on receipt.
- An advertising mailing can reach every address in a particular area.
- A letter provides immediate, and in principle permanent, physical record of communication, without the need for printing. Letters, especially those with a signature and/or on an organization's own notepaper, are difficult to falsify than an email and thus provide much better evidence of the contents of the communication.
- A letter in the sender's own handwriting is more personal than an email.
- If required, small physical objects can be enclosed in the envelope with the letter.
- Letters are unable to transmit malware or other harmful files that are able to be transmitted by email.
- Letter writing leads to the mastery of the technique of good writing.
- Letter writing leads to the mastery of punctuation and paragraphing.
- Letter writing engages in reading and self-improvement, getting better at creativeness and originality.
- Commitment to reading and thinking.
- Letter writing can provide an extension of the face-to-face therapeutic encounter.
- Letter writing can acknowledge special, unusual or challenging situations.
- Letter writing can help students in reading and writing procedure.
- Bussiness Letter
- Letter of Thanks
A letter of thanks or thank you letter is a letter that is used when
one person/party wishes to express appreciation to another. A thank you letter
should be written as a standard business letter or personal letter, and should
not normally exceed one page. Personal thank you letters can be hand-written in
cases in which the addressee is a friend, acquaintance or relative. Thank you
letters are also sometimes referred to asletters of gratitude. These
types of thank you letters are usually written as formal business letters.
- Love Letter
A love letter is
a romantic way to express feelings of love in written form. Whether delivered by hand, mail, carrier pigeon, or romantically left in a secret location, the letter may be anything
from a short and simple message of love to a lengthy explanation of feelings.
Love letters may 'move through the widest range of emotions - devotion, disappointment,
grief and indignation, self-confidence, ambition, impatience, self-reproach and
resignation
- National Letter of Intent
Division III institutions are specifically
banned from using the NLI, or any similar document that is not executed by non-athletes
at those institutions.
NLIs are typically faxed by
the recruited student to the university's athletic department on a National Signing Day.The NLI is a
voluntary program with regard to both institutions and student-athletes. No
prospective student-athlete or parent is required to sign the National Letter
of Intent, and no institution is required to join the program.
- Letter of Resignation
Such a
letter will often take legal effect to terminate an appointment or employment,
as notice under the relevant terms of the position; many appointments and
contractual employments are terminable by unilateral notice, or advance notice
of a specified period of time, with or without further conditions. Even where
an oral notice would be effective, the effective date or time of termination
may be directly or indirectly fixed on delivery of a written letter or email,
for the sake of clarity and record. In response, different arrangements may be
made or agreed, such as an earlier effective date, or improved terms and
conditions of appointment upon withdrawal of the letter. It should
normally be delivered in advance to the appropriate supervisor or superior, and
contain such information as the intended last day at work. A period of notice
may be required expressly by contract, impliedly by the pay interval, or
otherwise. Nevertheless, in practice, some resignations can be effective
immediately. For
courtesy's sake, a letter of resignation may thank the employer for the
pleasure of working under them and the opportunities and experience gained
thereby, and also offer to assist with the transition by, for example, training
the replacement. A more hostile letter may assert other sentiments or claims,
particularly that the contract or terms of employment have been broken. In any
case, the terms of the letter and its consequences may often be negotiated,
either before or after delivery.
the example of letter :
1. Letter of Application
2. Letter of Resignation
3. Love Letter
Resource from:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(message)
2. http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surat
Resource of Letter Example :
1. http://resumepics.com/application-letter-sample/example-of-application-etter/
2. http://maplank.tk/format-of-formal-letter.html
3. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/130867181/Love-Letter-example
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