Yours truly, Jane Doe

Please make corrections/edits to the following application/letter. There are also some questions in superscipt position, please answer them.

To,

                   The Vice Chancellor,

                   University of Chandrapore,

                   Chandrapore.

Subject:       APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF LECTURER (PHYSICS)

Respected Sir,

                        I came to know through the reliable recourses that you have some vacancies

          for service of above mention post. As such I qualify for this Grade. I offer my services

          for this post. My experience and qualification will fit the position of this required post.

                       I am capable of accepting new challenges in ever changing environment.

          So I shall be grateful to you if you give me a chance for the service of above

          mention post.

                       My CV and other documents are enclosed herewith for your kind

          consideration and favourable response please.

                       I hope that you will consider my application.

                                                                                                          Yours truly,

                                                                                                          Jane Doe

                                                     ^{1: Is it correct to write date here?} Dated: 18th Aug, 2006

Address:

             C/O^{2: what does C/O mean here?}. Mr. John Doe (Late)

             Malgudi, Street #17^{3: Can I write I just Street 17?}, Malgudi Road, Chandrapore.

Contact No:

          Res. (091)-454-5435  Cell. (359)-335-3554                                                                   

Feebs11 wrote:

Jackson6612 wrote: Please make corrections/edits to the following application/letter. There are also some questions in superscipt position, please answer them. To,                      The Vice Chancellor,                    University of Chandrapore,                    Chandrapore. Subject:       APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF LECTURER (PHYSICS) Respected Sir,   [Is this a normal method of  greeting in your culture? Here the accepted norm would be "Dear Vice Chancellor"; It would not be usual for the Vice Chancellor to be recruiting new staff] Yes, you are correct that Vice Chancellor won't recruiting new staff himslf or reading this application. But whom should I address this application to then?                  I came to know through the reliable recourses Can't I use resources here instead of recourses? [what do you mean by this? Advertisements? The grapevine?] I just mean any source of information.that you have some vacancies  [there is only one post indicated = "Lecturer (Physics)]. for service of above mention post. As such I qualify for this Grade [position]  and would like to I offer my services  apply for this post. My experience and qualification will fit the position of this required post.                                  I am capable of accepting new challenges in ever changing environment.           So I shall be grateful to you if you give me a chance for the service of above           mention post.                                   My CV and other documents are enclosed herewith for your kind  consideration. and favourable response please. I hope that you will consider my application and  shall look forward to hearing from you.                                                                                                           Yours truly,faithfully Should there be a comma between Yours and faithfully?                                                                                                           Jane Doe                                                      1: Is it correct to write date here? Dated: 18th Aug, 2006 Address:              C/O2: what does C/O mean here?. Mr. John Doe (Late)   "care of"  [nb "Late" indicates that  Mr John Doe is dead, so he cannot be used as someone to whom correspondence is sent. I know C/O means ''care of'' but what is the purpose of using it here?              Malgudi, Street #173: Can I write I just Street 17?, Malgudi Road, Chandrapore.  [This must be a local term - you will have to decide] Contact No:           Res. (091)-454-5435  Cell. (359)-335-3554

Hi Feebs,

My comments are appearing in yellowgreen in the above post. I know it's hard to answer such a thing, especially when the

width of text doesn't fit on screen.

Address:

             C/O. Mr. John Doe

             Malgudi, Street #17, Malgudi Road, Chandrapore

Perhaps, by using C/O author of the application letter is trying to say that he is living with someone else like his grandfather and correspondence should be made to his grandpa's address.

Feebs11 wrote:

Absolutely correct - but if "(late)" is inserted after the name, the interpretation is that the person in the address is dead.  Someone who is dead does not [generally] receive correspondence. Your original posting had this:   C/O Mr. John Doe (Late)

Hi Feebs,

Okay, now I get it. Should I use a period after C/O or brackets around it?

C/O. Mr. John    or      [C/O] Mr. John

Feebs11 wrote:

neither - it is written "c/o ***" [nb - no capital letters]

Hi Feebs,

There are many other expressions of the kind c/o like:

D/O - daughter of

S/O - father of

D.O.B. - date of birth

Should these expressions also be written in small letters, but generally these expressions occur in the beginning of proceeding text?