Rabu, 09 Januari 2013

Inquiry letter of English Business Letter

Definition of Inguiry letter :
Inquiry letter is a letter of request, also known as a letter of the candidate. Which will be sent to companies. Request letter is a letter from a prospective buyer to the seller requesting information products offered. With a quote from the seller then potential buyers will know the price and a information of the items or services to be purchased. This is the purpose of the prospective buyer a write request letter to the seller. When the prospective buyer has to know the condition of an item or services following the price and term of sale and purchase, of course he does not need anymore request a quote from the seller. Letter of inquiry required in formal trade requiring formal procedures in writing. The letter of inquiry is often an early stage of the business transaction. By the letter of inquiry prospective buyers ask or inquiry about the items or service to be purchased. In response, the seller expalined the things he want to know the buyer, buyer’s reservation and eventually business transaction as the end of the buying and selling process

In the letter of inquiry for the items usually offer prospective buyers ask :
          1. Specification of items, namely : type, size, quality, capacity, etc.
      2.The price per unit.
          3. How to pay
          4. How to surrender, and
      5. Easy that may be obtained by the buyer, such as guarantees and other.
In addition to things mentioned above prospective buyers asking price lists and catalogs (if the items varies), and a technical description of the items in the form of leaflet or brochures. For items that are possible, prospective buyers can also request sent examples of the real stuff.
Through a letter of inquiry and supply service, prospecitve buyers can inquiry :
      1. The form of services that can be presented by the seller.
       2. Equipment that can be used by the seller as a support (If any)
      3. Price
      4. Piece and
      5. How to pay.
      Example : 
      Surat Permintaan
 
Surat Balasan

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Form and Style of Business English letter

1. Indented style

 
1. Letterhead
2. Date
3. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
4. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
5. References
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8a. Body of letter
8b. Body of letter
8c. Clossing expression
9. Writer’s designation
10. Enclosures
11. Postscript
12. Carbon copy

In this format letter head, complementary close, and the signature is in the mail. While the date is in position flush right. While the location of the inside address, subject, Salutation, and the body of a letter is in the position of the left. However, the inside address and the subject line will increase spaces or any line is getting to the right as much as the number of lines from inside the address and subject. At the beginning of each paragraph of the letter have spaces.


2. Fullblock style


 
1. Letterhead
2. Date
3. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
4. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
5. References
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8a. Body of letter
8b. Body of letter
8c. Clossing expression
9. Writer’s designation
10. Enclosures
11. Postscript
12. Carbon copy

In this format, the location of the letter head, date, inside address, subject, Salutation, body of letter, complementary close, signature or the whole of the form of the letter is in the position of the left.


3. Modified block style

 
1. Letterhead
2. Date
3. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
4. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
5. References
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8a. Body of letter
8b. Body of letter
8c. Clossing expression
9. Writer’s designation
10. Enclosures
11. Postscript
12. Carbon copy

In this format, the location of the letter head, date, complementary close, and the signature is in position flush right. Meanwhile, inside address, subject, Salutation, body of letter, or enclosure. If there is a carbon copy, the location of the carbon copy in the left.


4. Semiblock style

 
1. Letterhead
2. Date
3. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
4. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
5. References
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8a. Body of letter
8b. Body of letter
8c. Clossing expression
9. Writer’s designation
10. Enclosures
11. Postscript
12. Carbon copy

On this format, the location of the letter head, date, complementary close and signature are in a position centered letter. Meanwhile, inside address, subject, Salutation, body of letter is in the left position. At the beginning of each paragraph of the letter have spaces.


5. Hanging style

 
1. Letterhead
2. Date
3. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
4. The Address of the letter (Inside Address)
5. References
6. Salutation
7. Subject
8a. Body of letter
8b. Body of letter
8c. Clossing expression
9. Writer’s designation
10. Enclosures
11. Postscript
12. Carbon copy


In this format, the location of the letter head is in the middle position of the letter, while the date, complementary close, and the signature is in the right position letter. On the inside address, subject, Salutation, body of letter is in the position of the left. At the beginning of each line of a paragraph of the letter is in the position of the left, but the next lines in the paragraphs have a space.



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