WhenwritinganEnglishletter,theplacementandconsiderationsforthesignatureareasfollows:First,theletterheadincludesthesender'saddressanddate,typicallylocatedintheupperrightcornerofthefirstpage.Theaddressiswrittenintheorderofhousenumber,street,city,province(state),postalcode,andcountry,followedbythedateofsending.Inprivateletters,onlythedateofsendingisnecessary.Next,theinsideaddressreferstotherecipient'snameandaddress.Thismustbeincludedinbusinessletters,butisusuallyomittedinprivateletters.Theformatofthisaddressissimilartothesender'saddress,placedbelowthedateandintheupperleftcorner.Moreover,thesalutationistheaddressfortherecipient,alignedwiththeleftmargin,andisplaced1-2linesbelowtherecipient'snameandaddress.Britishpeopletypicallyuseacomma,whileAmericanspreferacolonasaseparator.Inprivateletters,therecipient'sfirstnamecanbeuseddirectly,butinbusinessletters,thesurnameshouldbewritten.Themaincontentoftheletteristhebody,wherethepurposeoftheletterisclearlystated.UnlikeChineseletters,theEnglishletter'sbodydirectlyexplainsthesender'sidentityandthereasonforwriting,followedbyadescriptionofthesender'ssituation,opinions,orneeds,andprovidesnecessaryexplanationsorclarifications.Whenstatingthepurpose,beconciseandclear.Theclosingpartoftheletterincludesthesender'sclosingphraseandsignature.Theclosingphraseiswrittenabovethesignature,withthefirstlettercapitalized,followedbyacomma.Inbusinessletters,thesignatureisusuallythefullname,unlesstherelationshipwiththerecipientisveryfamiliar.Finally,thesignatureisplacedoneortwolinesbelowtheclosingphrase.Unlesstherelationshipwiththerecipientisintimate,thefullnameshouldbewrittenlegibly.Ifthesignatureismessyanddifficulttoread,itshouldbeprintedbelowthesignaturetoensuretherecipientcanaccuratelyidentifyit.