BLOCKED STYLE: BUSINESS LETTER SEMI-BLOCKED STYLE: BUSINESS LETTER 67 Orange Street (Address) [Heading] Belize City, Belize (Country) March 5, 2019 (Date) [Heading] ____________ (Name if known) E.g. Mrs. Marie Smith [Inside Address] Editor (Job Title) Amandala Newspaper (Place of Employment) 3304 Partridge Street ((Address) Belize City, Belize (Country) Central America (Region) Dear Sir/Madam: (Salutation) [Colons are used] (Body) Through the column of your newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities to the increasing number of road accidents in Belize. Many young and innocent persons lose their lives or suffer heavily from injuries because they were knocked by cars or motorcycles. Road accidents happened due to the reckless driving of drivers. They often break the speed limit, especially in the night time. To be worst, some of them are even drunk drivers. This is a menace to other road users as the car drivers that drive at a high speed might crush down whoever comes in their way. Many drivers run traffic lights because the traffic police was not available and nobody was there to stop them when they breached the traffic rules. Although there are speed limits and police checkpoints, those measures were not strictly enforced by the authorities. By addressing this issue, it is hoped that the public awareness towards the dangerous of reckless driving can be raised. It is also the time for the traffic authorities to take stronger measures against the reckless drivers, which includes levying heavy fines and forfeiting of their licenses if they are found guilty of breaching the traffic rules. Respectfully yours, (Closing) C. Martin (Signature) Chris Martin (Full Name Printed) ___________________________________________________________ *For blocked style: -There is no indentation. -One line is skipped for each part of the letter. -Every part of the letter is left-aligned. 67 Orange Street (Address) Belize City, Belize (Country) March 5, 2019 (Date) ____________ (Name if known) E.g. Mrs. Marie Smith [Inside Address] Editor (Job Title) Amandala Newspaper (Place of Employment) 3304 Partridge Street ((Address) Belize City, Belize (Country) Central America (Region) Dear Sir/Madam: (Salutation) [Colons are used] (Body) Through the column of your newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities to the increasing number of road accidents in Belize. Many young and innocent persons lose their lives or suffer heavily from injuries because they were knocked by cars or motorcycles. Road accidents happened due to the reckless driving of drivers. They often break the speed limit, especially in the night time. To be worst, some of them are even drunk drivers. This is a menace to other road users as the car drivers that drive at a high speed might crush down whoever comes in their way. Many drivers run traffic lights because the traffic police was not available and nobody was there to stop them when they breached the traffic rules. Although there are speed limits and police checkpoints, those measures were not strictly enforced by the authorities. By addressing this issue, it is hoped that the public awareness towards the dangerous of reckless driving can be raised. It is also the time for the traffic authorities to take stronger measures against the reckless drivers, which includes levying heavy fines and forfeiting of their licenses if they are found guilty of breaching the traffic rules. Respectfully yours, (Closing) C. Martin (Signature) Chris Martin (Full Name Printed) __________________________________________________________________ *For semi-blocked style: -The paragraphs of the body are indented. -No lines are skipped except for the inside address and salutation. -The heading, closing and signature is right-aligned. -The inside address, salutation and body is left-aligned.
