When most people sit down to write a business letter, their first inclination is to write formally – sometimes too formally. While a business letter should be professional and polite, it doesn't have ...

The closing of a letter summarizes the main point of the letter and, if applicable, call the recipient to act. When you are writing a friendly business letter, you should close your letter using ...

Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...