By Formal letters, Contractions

Hello, Powerful, welcome to the Forums! It's perfectly OK to use the contractions in speech and in everyday writing, but I wouldn't advise them in more formal letters, or in homework, essays etc... unless your teacher tells you you can use them.

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...