http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/forum/business-letter-to-santa Unstressed Syllables discussion and practice en-US Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:34:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/search.php http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/topic/writing-exercise-instructions-1#post-3 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:33:53 +0000 Aaron Pogue 3@http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/ <p>We discussed the business letter format in passing this week, and we'll get to it in more detail in the next week or two, but I'd like to see what you can do now. Maybe you're showing off your chops, proving to me that this blog doesn't have anything to offer you at all. Maybe you're setting up a phenomenal Before and After contrast, stumbling through a crude letter format now so you can really shine once I teach you how to do it right.</p> <p>Either way, have fun with it. Write me a one-page business letter (no more than 250 words, and 100 would probably be acceptable) politely thanking Santa Claus for a gift you received this Christmas, but pointing out a mistake on his part and asking for a full refund. If that's just too silly for you, substitute in your Aunt Edna, or WalMart Corporation. Mainly I want to see how well you can duplicate the business letter format, and how you structure the message in a formal correspondence. </p>