Whatever
is interesting to you will be interesting to your friends, however trivial
it may seem to a stranger.
Business letters should be brief, and the sentences short, concise, and to
the point. Repeat nothing, and omit nothing needful.
Official letters and formal notes should be more stately and ceremonious.
In formal notes the third person is generally used instead of the first and
the second; there is no Introduction, no Conclusion, no Signature, only the
name of the Place and the Date at the bottom, on the left side of the page,
thus:--
_Mr. & Mrs. A. request the pleasure of Mr. B.'s company at a social
gathering, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 15th, at eight o'clock.
32 Fifth Ave., Nov. 5_.
_Mr. B. accepts_ [Footnote: Or regrets that a previous engagement (or
illness, or an unfortunate event) prevents the acceptance of ----; or
regrets that on account of ---- he is unable to accept ----.] _with
pleasure Mr. & Mrs. A.'s kind invitation for Tuesday evening, Nov. 15th._
_Wednesday morning, Nov. 9th_.
THE CONCLUSION.
+Parts+.--The Conclusion consists of the +Complimentary Close+ and the
+Signature+. The forms of the Complimentary Close are many, and are
determined by the relations of the writer to the one addressed.
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