February 10, 2012 or

February, 2012 or

10.02.12

DATE

REFERENCE

PARTS OF LETTER

References are usually printed below the letterhead or on the same line as the date, but on the left. They are quoted to indicate what the letter refers to (‹‹your ref.››) and the correspondence to refer to when replying (‹‹our ref.››).

References consist of the initials of the person who sings the letter and those of the typist. Sometimes other letters or figures are added, according to whatever may suit the filing system of the firm in question.

Date is written under the references or on the same line but on the right. You should be very careful writing the date. In Britain, they write the day first, but in the United States they write the month first. So

is the tenth of February in Britain and the second of October in the United States. That is why to avoid any misunderstandings the date should be written like this:

February, 2012 or

February , 2012 or

10 Feb., 2012 etc.

Do not forget to use capital letter for the month. Writing th, rd, nd or st after the day is considered to be old-fashioned but still is widely used. Abbreviations of the names of months are not very frequently used in Britain. If they are used, however, they are as follows: Jan., Feb., Apr., Jun., Jul., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec. Some firms still insist on a comma before the year, but others consider this unnecessary.

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