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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL, Formal, General &amp; Business Letter Writing (English language)</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/FormalGeneralBusinessLetterWriting-EnglishLanguage/Forum5.htm</link><description>Formal Letter writing questions, how to write a cover letter, general, business, official, reference, character, leave, sponsorship, invitation, CV, writing to an English company, Learn how to start and end a letter in the English language.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)</generator><item><title>Re: write a letter to ask about scholarship</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxkvk/post.htm#489355</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:40:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489355</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxkvk/post.htm#489355</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-489355.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Much, much, MUCH better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dear Mr [Name of recipient],&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;With reference to your advertisement at&lt;a href="http://www.abc.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.abc.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,I am interested in applying for the scholarship you offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The opportunity presented in theadvertisement is very interesting, and I believe that my strong technicalexperience and education will make me &lt;strong&gt;a&lt;/strong&gt; very competitive candidate for thisposition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have &lt;strong&gt;a bachelor&amp;#39;s degree&lt;/strong&gt; in Computer Engineering fromMIT and &lt;strong&gt;am currently pursuing&lt;/strong&gt; my &lt;strong&gt;master&amp;#39;s&lt;/strong&gt; in Software Engineering at &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; Universityof Oxford. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have&lt;strong&gt; two&lt;/strong&gt; more papers &lt;strong&gt;to complete&lt;/strong&gt; and should be&lt;strong&gt; finished&lt;/strong&gt; in May this &lt;strong&gt;year, graduating in&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;October.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;I am also a &lt;/strong&gt;Certified CiscoNetwork Associate (CCNA).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have over five years of experience invarious positions as Technical Consultant, Engineer, and Project Manager in variouscompanies&lt;strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; Company ABC, Company DEF and Company GHI. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have attached my resume for yourreference. Should you require any further information, please let me know.&amp;nbsp; I can be reached &lt;strong&gt;at any time&lt;/strong&gt; via my cellphone, 123456, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;or my email, myemail@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you very much for your time andconsideration. I look forward to speaking with you about this scholarshipopportunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[My Name]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: write a letter to ask about scholarship</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxjkz/post.htm#489163</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:38:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489163</guid><dc:creator>Hampeh</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxjkz/post.htm#489163</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-489163.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thanks Mister Micawber for your reply and
your advice. Sample of Job Application Letter help me a lot even though the
purpose of the letter is different.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;http://jobsearch.about.com/od/morejobletters/a/jobappletter.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;How about if I change to this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Name of recipient]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Address of Company A]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Phone of recipient]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Date]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dear Mr [Name of recipient],&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;With reference to your advertisement at
&lt;a href="http://www.abc.com/"&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.abc.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;,
I am interested in applying for the scholarship you offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The opportunity presented in the
advertisement is very interesting, and I believe that my strong technical
experience and education will make me very competitive candidate for this
position.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have Degree in Computer Engineering from
MIT and currently still pursuing my Master in Software Engineering at University
of Oxford. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have 2 more papers and should be finish in May this year and I will be
graduating on October this year. Besides that, I also have Certified Cisco
Network Associate (CCNA).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have over five years of experience in
various positions as Technical Consultant, Engineer, and Project Manager in various
companies; Company ABC, Company DEF and Company GHI. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have attached my resume for your
reference. Should you require any further information, please let me know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;







&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I can be reached anytime via my cell
phone, 123456 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;or my email, myemail@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Thank you very much for your time and
consideration, I look forward to speaking with you about this scholarship
opportunity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;





&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[My Name]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: write a letter to ask about scholarship</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxhqd/post.htm#488685</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:55:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:488685</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxhqd/post.htm#488685</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-488685.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your email needs a lot of improvement.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Please study on-line examples of &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=en&amp;amp;as_q=&amp;amp;as_epq=application+letters&amp;amp;as_oq=&amp;amp;as_eq=&amp;amp;ft=i&amp;amp;num=10&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;as_filetype=&amp;amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;amp;as_qdr=all&amp;amp;as_rights=&amp;amp;as_occt=any&amp;amp;cr=&amp;amp;as_nlo=&amp;amp;as_nhi=&amp;amp;safe=images" target="_blank" title="http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=en&amp;amp;as_q=&amp;amp;as_epq=application+letters&amp;amp;as_oq=&amp;amp;as_eq=&amp;amp;ft=i&amp;amp;num=10&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;as_filetype=&amp;amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;amp;as_qdr=all&amp;amp;as_rights=&amp;amp;as_occt=any&amp;amp;cr=&amp;amp;as_nlo=&amp;amp;as_nhi=&amp;amp;safe=images"&gt;application letters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;					 Dear&lt;strong&gt; Mr [Surname],&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With reference to your advertisement at &lt;/strong&gt;www.abc.com,&lt;strong&gt; I am&lt;/strong&gt; interested&lt;strong&gt; in applying for the scholarship you offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; have&lt;strong&gt; over five years of&lt;/strong&gt; experience in engineering&lt;strong&gt; [as (position) at (company) and as (position) at (company)]&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;I have&lt;/strong&gt;attached my resume for your reference. If &lt;strong&gt;you require any further information,&lt;/strong&gt; please let me know.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank you very much for your time and consideration.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sincerely yours,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>write a letter to ask about scholarship</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxhzb/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:04:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:488496</guid><dc:creator>Hampeh</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WriteLetterAboutScholarship/zxhzb/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-488496.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Dear teachers and friends,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is the scenario: when you surf internet this
morning, you found something interesting. Scholarship to further study
in engineering, part time or full time. Write an email to ask about the
scholarship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
			
		  Dear John,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  Advertisement on the internet is referred. www.abc.com&lt;br /&gt;
Iâm interested to join the scholarship training. For your information,
I have experience in engineering for more than 5 years. Herewith I
attached my resume for your reference. &lt;br /&gt;
  If there is anything else, please let me know.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  Your kind co-operation and assistance would be very much appreciated.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  Thank you.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  Best regards,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  MyName &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  Am I miss anything important here? Anything else to ask? Thanks for your advice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>