II. Read the following statements and decide which are true and which are false.
1. If a letter begins with the receivers name, e.g. Dear Mr Ross, it will close with Yours faithfully.
2. The abbreviation c.c. stands for correct carbons.
3. If you were writing a letter to Mr Peter Smith, you would open with Dear Mr Peter Smith.
4. The head of a company in the UK is known as The President.
5. In the USA, it is correct to open a letter with the salutation Gentlemen.
6. The abbreviation enc or end means there are enclosures with the letter.
7. If you were writing to a Knight whose name was Sir Roger Dumont, you would open the letter Dear Sir Dumont. EU
8. In the UK, the abbreviated date 2.6.95 on a letter means 6 February 1995. i
9. If a secretary signs her name on a letter and her signature is followed by p.p. (per pro) Daniel Harris, it means she is signing on behalf of Daniel Harris. I El
10. A Managing Director in the UK is known as Chief Executive in the USA.
11. The term PLC after a companys name, e.g. Hathaway PLC, stands for Public Limited Corporation.
12. The abbreviation for the term limited liability in the UK, is ltd.
13. If you did not know whether a female correspondent was married or not, it would be correct to use the term Ms, e.g. Ms Tessa Groves, instead of Miss or Mrs.
14. The following is an example of a blocked style:
Peter Voss
Oberlweinfeldweg 33
5207 Therwil
Switzerland
15. The above address is an example of open punctuation. i
16. The abbreviation in addressing a doctor, e.g. Doctor James Spock, would be Dt. Spock.
17. Rather than use the UK close of Yours sincerely/faithfully, Americans often choose Yours truly.
18. The abbreviation for company is Co
III. Put the following names and addresses in order.
Example:
Search Studios Ltd./Leeds/LS4 8QM/Mr L. Scott/150 Royal Avenue
Mr L Scott Search Studios Ltd.
150 Royal Avenue Leeds LS4 8QM
1. Warwick House/Soundsonic Ltd./London/Warwick Street/SE23 1JF
2. Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 254/The Chief Accountant/l-20133/D. Fregoni/Fregoni S.p.A./Milano
3. Bente Spedition GmbH/Mr Heinz Bente/D-6000 Frankfurt 1 /Feldbergstr. 30/The Chairman
4. Sportique et cie./201 rue Sambin/The Sales Manager/F-21000 Dijon
5. lntercom/E-41006 Sevilla/351 Avda. Luis de Morales/The Accountant/Mrs S. Moreno
6. Miss Maria Nikolakaki/85100 Rhodes, Nikitara 541/Greece
7. Excel Heights 501/Edogawa-ku 139/7-3-8 Nakakasai/Japan/Tokyo/Mrs Junko Shiratori
8. 301 Leighton Road/VHF Vehicles Ltd./London NW5 2QE/The Transport Director/ Kentish Town
