How to Write Thank-you letter
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How to Write Thank-You Letters
1. In relatively formal acknowledgements, a two- or three-line note is
perfectly acceptable. In relatively informal acknowledgements, the type
sent to people with whom you are more familiar, a longer note or letter is
always appreciated, but one or two paragraphs will be enough.
2. In a formal thank-you letter, thanks should be expressed in the first line.
In an informal thank-you letter, it’s fine to start more indirectly, but your
thanks should be mentioned within the opening paragraph.
3. Assuming you are writing a letter that communicates other information
besides thanks, be sure to express your thanks first, then proceed with the
rest of the letter.
4. A thank-you letter that properly reflects the tone of the occasion is always
in good taste. For instance, in response to a formal gathering, a formal tone
is appropriate for thanking someone with whom you were not previously
acquainted. (You can retain a properly formal tone by using the surnames of
the hosts in the greeting, by specifying the date of the event, etc.)
Sample 1
Dear God,
Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have
passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully
appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them.
I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her
more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and
wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I am
unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my
pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the
love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a
college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a
daughter realizes how wise her mother really is? How does a grown woman
thank a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice
(when asked) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not
saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words dozens of
times? For being essentially herself — loving, thoughtful, patient, and
forgiving?
I don’t know how I, dear God, expect to ask you to bless her as
richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set. I
pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks
in mine.
A daughter
Sample 2
Dear Dad,
It’s Thanksgiving and of course my thoughts are turning home to you.
Looking out over the ocean I find myself thinking how much I owe to you. Yet
I have never got round to telling you just how thankful I feel towards you for
all you have done for me. There are so many things, I don’t know where to
start and would never get to the end once I began. But if I had to pick just
one thing it would perhaps be the love of books and reading I learnt from
you. Those after-dinner quizzes at the table about the books we had just
read and the new words we had picked up, I can see them in my mind’s eye
as if they were yesterday. Not many are as lucky in their father as I am. So,
simply, thank you.
Your loving son,
Alex
Homework:
To write a Thank-you letter to whomever (or a certain object) that deserves
it.
