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2 Practical writing

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ceding cards

Greeting cards are sent on many occasions such as Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day

ather's Day, New Year, Valentine's Day, Teachers'day, graduation, engagement

marrage, birthday, retirement, etc. They play an important role in daily life. They are

usually made up of three parts

1) Name of the

The name can follow eit

is appropriate when you know the

person wel or when the person is a potential employer or a business acquaintance, /f

you know the person well, use their first name only. For a porential employer, use ME. or

Ms- unless you have been asked to use their first name. For a business acquaintance or

associate, it wil depend on how well you know the person. If you know them well, you

only If you dont know them wel. use M

or"ME. /Ms.+first name t last name"If the contact name is gender neutral (i.e. Taylor

Brown, and you are unsure about the gender, Dear Taylor Brown is also appropriate. A

2)The message

ongratulations for

),Best wishes for ." "Many happy retur

omplimentary close and the signature of the sender

In informal situations, the most common close for a card is"Love.However, this is

rely used by people who don'r know each other well. Its use is even rar

by one man to another. With love "is similar, but most often used between lovers. The

lose""isnt as wam, bu s use is safe, being more univesal -Yours sincerely is

used in more formal situations. " Yours truly"is both warm and form