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 Personal Letters:

Personal letters to friends and relatives are written in informal style. They take the place of conversation and abbreviations and speech idioms may be used in such personal communication.

The format of the personal letter generally follows the conventions foed

for all letter-writing with certain changes adopted for the informal style of Such letters.

1. Heading:

The heading is an invariable part of all letters of the informal style

2. Inside address:

This is omitted in personal letters.

3. Greeting:

In letters to relatives and friends, the salutation may be as follows: Dear or My dear or Dearest, depending on the degree of familiarity between the writer and receiver of the letter.

Always use a capital letter for the first letter of the greeting.

4. Body of the Letter:

Informal letters convey their information in a pleasant and free manner. As with formal letters, the body of the letter should be arranged in paragraphs conveying the progression of thought.

5. Conclusion:

The phrase used as the subscription varies from the formal letters as shown

below:

to close relatives

Yours affectionately or

Yours very affectionately

to friends

Yours sincerely

or Your loving friend

The signature may be a familiar shortened form known to relatives and

friends.

6. Address on the envelope:

This consists of the full name and address of the receiver as in formal letters.

 Here is an example of a personal letter written by a daughter to hermother.

St. Mary's Convent School

The Mall Shimla

                                            Date:dd/mm/yy

My dearest Mummy,

Studying here in boarding school I often think of all of you at home. How are you all? I hope Grandma is keeping good health. You will be glad to hear that I have done well in the tests this term.

My marks in Hindi have shown some improvement too.

I have been hard at work preparing for the final exams which begin in two weeks time. I am writing this in the tea break.

The school holidays begin on 6 May and I should be back at home with you by 8 May.

Give my love to Daddy, Grandma, Monu and Ranu.

Your loving daughter,

Lakshmi

Address on envelope:

Mrs Vijayalakshmi Iyer ,

42 Pandara Park ,

New Delhi 110 020.