how to write a formal letter!!

Dear Mrs. Guest,

I encourage you to register though it is not required.

As far as spacing is concerned, I would single space my sentences and I would leave a space between paragraphs. This is only a letter, not a manuscript. So it is no big deal either way.

I would encourage you to only ask questions that cannot be answered through other means. My guess is that most of the information about Australia is available on the Internet somewhere. People get upset if they believe you are passing your work onto them. But you are taking an International Honors Class, so I trust you have exhausted the normal sources of information.

Everything else seems fine, with the exception that you need a colon after Dear Sir. As a matter of personal style, I tend to avoid contractions in formal letters. I use "I am looking" as opposed to "I'm looking". To me, the latter seems a bit lazy. But that is just personal style.

Good luck.

MountainHiker

Snowboarder,

Take my post and show it to your teacher.

His request to his students to bombard an embassy official with useless requests for information is very rude. And that is being polite.

If you saw this letter as an example of a person's "portfolio" would you even want to see the rest? Not me. This person is lazy, of no value.

Sorry I can't be more positive, but I think your International Class, Honors no less, is being extremely rude by asking embassy officials for very basic information. And what's worse, you don't even care about the answers that the embassy official might provide. You simply want to have another letter in your portfolio.

I am not sure what else there is to say. Shameful. Yes, that works.

MountainHiker

if dealing with an ambassador or high commissioner, always refer to them as "your excellency"

could u give me some help lol? im writing a letter to a school i will be going to and they sent me a leaflet saying they want to know a bit about me so far  i think my letter sounds to formal what should i do?