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Email how to write it. (Unit five )

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Email, how to write it.   Q. What is an email and what are the reasons behind its popularity? Email (reasons behind the popularity) Electronic mail popularly known as email and which came into existence in late twenties have clearly outperformed letter writing in almost every field. Now it is impossible to imagine correspondence without emails. These are some valid reasons behind the popularity of email:- 1. Emails are fast, cheap and easy to operate: -  Emails are easy, prompt and fast to use. An email practically takes no time to reach the destination. Besides this you can attach a huge data and many files with your email which will cost you almost nothing.  2. Emails capture the spirit of the age: -  Science and technology have contributed the speed and sophistication to our lives and emails are very much befitting to the spirit of science and technology.   There are different types of technologies to take care of different aspects of our life. So is the emai...

Tender Notice (Unit five)

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  Tender Notice A tender notice is a notice that is published in the newspapers with a view to inviting rates for a proposed work of construction, manufacture or supply. It is not a letter or correspondence that is sent to individual organizations but a piece of information that is published in the newspapers in the form of a notice. The tender notice generally contains the details of a work and its estimated cost. The contractors can send their rates in a sealed envelope in the tender form provided by the tender inviting organization. The sealed envelopes (tenders) are opened on a day already declared in the notice in front of all the contractors and company officials. Generally, the decision is taken in favor of one who offers the lowest rates. However, the companies generally reserve this right for the sake of quality and may award the contract to one who offers the best quality but slightly higher rates. Question:- Write a tender notice on behalf of the Executive Engineer Weste...

Business Correspondence - Letter Writing (Unit five)

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  Letter Writing  Structure and Layout of a Business Letter Elements of structure 1. Letterhead This is the top side of the letter. It is an already printed parted of the letter popularly known as letterhead or heading. It contains the name and address of the organization along with phone numbers, fax numbers,  e-mail address, and website.. (Place no 1 in the figure) 2. Date   The date is printed two spaces below the last line of the letterhead. You can write the date at place no 2 as shown in the figure. like 23July, 2008 OR July23, 2008 3. Reference It is a unique identity of a letter. Every out going letter is assigned with a unique number and put in records for future. The Receipt and Dispatch Department of an organization keeps the record of all the incoming and outgoing letters. Every entry is maintained on the basis of this number. Place no.3 (two spaces below the date / last line of the letterhead). 4. Personal Notation (Place no 4 in the figure) If the let...