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  2. Letter (message) - Wikipedia

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    A letter can be formal or informal, depending on its audience and purpose. Besides being a means of communication and a store of information, letter writing has played a role in the reproduction of writing as an art throughout history. [1] Letters have been sent since antiquity and are mentioned in the Iliad. [2]

  3. Business letter - Wikipedia

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    Business letters can have many types of content, for example to request direct information or action from another party, to order supplies from a supplier, to point out a mistake by the letter's recipient, to reply directly to a request, to apologize for a wrong, or to convey goodwill. A business letter is sometimes useful because it produces a ...

  4. Business correspondence - Wikipedia

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    Business letters are the most formal method of communication following specific formats. They are addressed to a particular person or organization. A good business letter follows the seven C's of communication. The different types of business letters used based on their context are as follows, Letters of inquiry; Letters of claim/complaints

  5. Diplomatic correspondence - Wikipedia

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    A note verbale (French pronunciation: [nɔt vɛʁ.bal]) is a formal form of note and is so named by originally representing a formal record of information delivered orally. It is less formal than a note (also called a letter of protest) but more formal than an aide-mémoire. A note verbale can also be referred to as a third person note (TPN).

  6. Salutation - Wikipedia

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    A salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other communication. Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in an English letter includes the recipient's given name or title. For each style of salutation there is an accompanying style of complimentary close, known as valediction. Examples of non-written ...

  7. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    The misapplication of a word, especially in a mixed metaphor. [2] catalect A literary work which is detached (or detachable) from the main body of a writer's work. [2] Compare analect. catalexis The omission of the last syllable or syllables in a regular metrical line; often done in trochaic and dactylic verse to avoid monotony. [2] catastrophe ...

  8. Letter of understanding - Wikipedia

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    A Letter of Understanding (LOU) is a formal text that sums up the terms of an undertakings of a contract which may have been negotiated up to this point only in spoken form or otherwise informally. It reviews the terms of an agreement for a service , a project or a deal and is often written as a step before a more detailed contract is issued.

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...