Block Style: All lines of the business letter begin at the left margin; No indents.
Open Punctuation: No punctuation is placed after the “salutation” and the “closing” of the business letter.
Open punctuation uses fewer terminal punctuation marks -- periods and other marks that denote the end of a sentence -- as well as fewer commas than closed punctuation. you do not use punctuation in times of day or dates. Don't use periods in "am" or "pm." Don't use periods or commas in nicknames, addresses or a person's title. For example, you would say, "AJ Green PhD" instead of "A.J. Green, Ph.D." When writing an address in an open style letterhead. When writing such a letter, don't include commas in any of the addresses, dates or titles of individuals. Omit the comma after the salutary greeting -- as in “To Whom It May Concern” -- with no comma or colon afterward
In contrast to open punctuation, closed punctuation uses commas and periods in a strict manner. Closed punctuation is what you’d typically learn and use in an English classroom. With abbreviations, introductory greetings or a letter closing, you use commas and periods. For example, when you write “Dear Mr. Jones,” or sign a letter “Sincerely,” you’d use a comma after both phrases, as opposed to open punctuation. use periods in times of day such as "a.m." Use periods in abbreviations of degrees, a person's title or degree and when using acronyms. When you denote times of day, use periods in "a.m." and "p.m." Likewise, when referring to nicknames, titles and degrees, use periods and commas
Open Punctuation: No punctuation is placed after the “salutation” and the “closing” of the business letter.
Open punctuation uses fewer terminal punctuation marks -- periods and other marks that denote the end of a sentence -- as well as fewer commas than closed punctuation. you do not use punctuation in times of day or dates. Don't use periods in "am" or "pm." Don't use periods or commas in nicknames, addresses or a person's title. For example, you would say, "AJ Green PhD" instead of "A.J. Green, Ph.D." When writing an address in an open style letterhead. When writing such a letter, don't include commas in any of the addresses, dates or titles of individuals. Omit the comma after the salutary greeting -- as in “To Whom It May Concern” -- with no comma or colon afterward
In contrast to open punctuation, closed punctuation uses commas and periods in a strict manner. Closed punctuation is what you’d typically learn and use in an English classroom. With abbreviations, introductory greetings or a letter closing, you use commas and periods. For example, when you write “Dear Mr. Jones,” or sign a letter “Sincerely,” you’d use a comma after both phrases, as opposed to open punctuation. use periods in times of day such as "a.m." Use periods in abbreviations of degrees, a person's title or degree and when using acronyms. When you denote times of day, use periods in "a.m." and "p.m." Likewise, when referring to nicknames, titles and degrees, use periods and commas