The Writer's Desk Book / Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc.

by William Dana Orcutt

5. In brief letters the first and fourth or first and third pages may be written upon, leaving the others blank.

6. Avoid postscripts except in an emergency.

7. Unruled paper should be used for all correspondence.

8. Typewritten letters are permissible only in business correspondence, and even in these the signature should be written by hand.

9. Any evidence of haste is a discourtesy. Never sign a letter, Yours in haste.

10. Underscoring is permissible only in informal letters and should be used sparingly.

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EXAMPLES OF CORRECT LETTER WRITING

1. BUSINESS LETTER I

NORWOOD, MASS.,