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This is the type of spacing where you have one blank line between lines of text.
It is the standard spacing for the body of an academic report or research paper, AND
on letters and memos, it is standard between single-spaced paragraphs.
It is also standard in a memo heading between the guide words. |
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In a memo, the guide words are:
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
in ALL CAPS, bolded, and followed by a colon with a double space in between. |
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One line of text after another with no blank lines in between.
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NO punctuation following the salutation or complimentary closing in a letter.
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The margins for a memo where you cannot type are shown below:
Top 2"
Left 1"
Right 1"
Bottom 1" |
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Using a colon after a salutation and
a comma after the complimentary closing in a letter. |
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It is two places in a letter:
Once after the dateline and
after the complimentary closing. |
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A letter sent from one business or organization to another.
Example: a principal sending a letter and information to parents of upcoming students. |
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| Personal Business Letter has a home address and it would be: |
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A letter a consumer would key to complain about a product purchased at a local office supply store
OR
a letter a person would write to request information
OR
to thank an individual for speaking to a class at school. |
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used to correspond to others within the same business or organization
has guide words TO: FROM: DATE: AND SUBJECT: keyed in ALL CAPS and followed by a colon and double spaced
use Tab to align the answers to the heading
has no salutation or complimentary closing
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the greeting of a letter
may have no punctuation following it (Open)
OR
may have a colon following it (Mixed) |
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the closing after the last line of the body of a letter
may have no punctuation following it (Open)
OR
may have a comma following it (Mixed) |
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| Quadruple spacing in a letter only occurs: |
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after the dateline
and
after the complimentary closing (for the signature) |
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| Margins for a letter or memorandum: |
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2" top margin
others are 1" (left, right, and bottom) |
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| What type of correspondence would your principal use to send information to parents? |
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Business letter
(He/she is representing a school) |
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| What type of correspondence would a consumer key to complain about a product purchased at your local office supply store? |
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Personal business letter
because it is from a consumer or person and would contain their home address as the return address |
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| How many spaces come after a semicolon in a sentence? |
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| What spacing should be after an opening parenthesis? |
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| How many spaces are needed before or after the slash? |
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| What should be the spacing after the beginning quotation mark? |
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| How many spaces are required after the last mark of punctuation at the end of a sentence or question? |
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