Business writing (деловое письмо). Палагина С.С. - 28 стр.

     6) February sixth nineteen ninety-nine;
     7) On Thursday July the second;
     8) The twenty-ninth of August nineteen eighty-three;
     9) On the seventh of May two thousand and three;
     10) On the twelth of July nineteen ninety-nine.

      3.4 Abbreviations

     There are many abbreviations that you may come across in business letters.
Some of them are mentioned in the sections 3.2.3, 3.6, 4.1.11, 4.3.3, 4.8.1, 4.8.5 and
5.1.11 . There is a list of other abbreviations:

      L/c = letter of credit; d.d.p = delivered duty paid (доставленные с оплатой
пошлины ); B.A.= Bachelor of Arts; B.L.= Bachelor of Law; B.Sc.= Bachelor of
Science; Bros = Brothers; Co.= Com-pany; D.C.L. = Doctor of Civil Law; D.M. =
Doctor of Medicine; D.Phil.= Doctor of Philosophy( Ph.D. );Ed. = Editor; G.P. =
Yeneral Practitioner; H.O. = Home Office; Hon. = Honorary, Honourable; H.Q. =
Headquarters; M.A. = Master of Arts; M.Sc. = Master of Science; GB = The United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; CA = Canada; FR = France; IT =
Italy; JP = Japan; G = Germany; USD = US Dollar; GBP = Pound Sterling; FRF =
French Franc; CAD = Canadian Dollar; ITL = Italian Lira; JPY = Yen; DM =
Deutche Mark; SFR = Swiss Franc; SK = Krona Sweden; Ltd. = limited liability
company; PLC ( plc ) = public limited liability company; Inc., Corp. = corporation
having limited liability.

      3.5 Exercises

      3.5.1 Look through the dictionaries, find in them special sections devoted
to abbreviations. Make your own list of abbreviations that may be useful in
business writing. Share your knowledge with your group

      3.5.2 Identify the 6 parts of a business letter

     1. HEADING                    1. Dear Mr Post,

     2. INSIDE ADDRESS             2. November 12, 2000

     3. SALUTATION                 3. Yours faithfuly,
     4. BODY                       4. Mr Martin X.Post,
                                   45 Broadway,
                                   New York,N.Y.

     5. CLOSE                      5. Peter Pavlov.

     6. SIGNATURE                  6. Thank you for sending me your prospects and a
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