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           Read the sample answer below. Has the writer included all the
          points you underlined?                                                   If you know the person’s name,
           How would you describe the style of the letter?                         t  start with
           Has the writer included anything which is not in the instructions?        –   Dear Susana (if you would use
          Why (not)?                                                                    their fi rst name when you speak
                                                                                        to them)
                                                                                     –   Dear Mrs Emmett (if you don’t
         Dear Sir/Madam                                                                 feel comfortable using their fi rst
                                                              Use the fi rst             name).
         The managing director of my company, Secure Logistics,   paragraph to
         has asked me to contact you with a view to fi nding   state clearly the    t  fi nish with:
         new business premises. We are currently located in a   reason you are       –   Best wishes, Regards, Kind
                                                              writing.                  regards (if you’re writing to
         medium-sized town, but, due to recent growth in our
                                                                                        someone you know fairly well)
         business, we now require larger premises in a more
                                                                                     –   Love or With love (if you’re
         convenient part of the country.
                                                                                        writing to a close friend or a
         Secure Logistics is an established freight transport                           member of your family)
         company specialising in the movement of valuable                            –   Yours sincerely or Yours (if you’re
         goods. We have an expanding fl eet of lorries and, for this   You will need to   writing to someone you don’t
         reason, we need to be located in a secure area on the   add substance to       know well).
         outskirts of a large city with convenient transport links   the information
                                                              provided in the      If you don’t know the person’s name,
         both to other parts of the country and to the rest of the
                                                              writing task by      t  start with Dear Sir, Dear Madam or
         world. We require a large parking area for our vehicles as   using your own   Dear Sir/Madam
         well as extensive secure storage facilities for our goods.   ideas.
                                                                                   t  fi nish with Yours faithfully.
         In addition to this outside area, the company also needs
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         a large offi ce building for up to eight hundred staff.                   "EEJOH FYUSB QPJOUT
         This will be our new headquarters, so we require large
         open-plan offi ces, which will be used as a call centre
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         for customers, and a number of smaller offi ces for
                                                                                    Firstly, Secondly,  Besides, Also,
         managers.
                                                                                    Finally,         Another thing
         We would consider moving into an existing facility of the                  In addition,     (was that …)
         kind I have described, but if suitable premises cannot                     Moreover,        Apart from this/
         be found, we would be prepared to purchase an area of                      Furthermore,     that,
         currently unused land on which to construct our own                        What is more,
         buildings.

         I hope I have described what the company is looking for   Think of a natural
                                                              way to fi nish the
         in suffi cient detail, but if you require further information,
                                                              letter.
         please contact me at the above address. I look forward to
         your reply.
         Yours faithfully,

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