Email Writing IX/X

Email Writing

Introduction

An email is short for electronic mail. People sent letters/mail by post. That was not a very handy job. Sending a mail during those days involved the following steps:

·         Buy an envelope/inland card and stamps

·         Write using pen.

·         Seal the letter and affix stamps. Stamps are not free!

·         Go to the post office or to a post box and deposit the letter/envelop in the box.

·         Wait for a week for the reply.

 Now, sending a mail is as easy a job as making a call. Using smart phones or a laptop or any computer, we can send a mail and receive the reply in less than an hour depending on the network and alertness on the receiver’s side.

Sample1

Write an email to your friend devender, a tireless athelete, asking him to avoid the consumption of junk food. You are vijay.

Date : Nov 02, 2014
From: vijay.mathur.cool@yahoo.com

To: devender.kumar90@gmail.com  

Subject: Stop Junking Your Stomach

Dear Dev

I am glad to hear that you have once again come first in the inter-school athletics this year. When your mom called me to announce this news, I was attending a meeting in the town and therefore I could not give you a ring. I know you are born to run to the Olympics one day and I am looking forward to that day.

If you don’t really mind, dear, please note a humble advice from my part. I have noticed that you consume a lot of junk food. Your busy schedule and city lifestyle being your excuses for that, I strongly advise you to keep away from them. Don’t be addicted to them for the one and only reason that they are not at all hygienic.

Believe me, their taste kills! If you need nothing more important and dearer than your health to run like a tiger, know this, tigers don’t eat anything junk.

Regards and Love
Vijay

Sample 2

Date – April 01, 2015

From – happy.sharma@yahoo.com
To – mohitsharma98@gmail.com
Subject – Want binoculars?

Dear Mohit
Hi. I have a got a new pair of German made binoculars. It is a present from my uncle who came from Germany for a month’s stay. It is an amazing equipment that you will definitely love. I know how much you love to have a pair of binoculars and therefore had asked my uncle to bring one for you too.

The amazing thing is that uncle wants it to be given to you as a present. Please drop in for some time and take your gift away.

Yours truly
Happy

Sample 3

Write an email to the area manager, Mother Diary Industries, bringing to his notice the irregularities such as broken parcels, irregular date of manufacturing, etc., with the milk and curd supply of the company. You are Ashok Mathur, Delhi, a regular customer of the mother dairy  products.

Date : 12 June 2014
From: ashok.mathur.007@hotmail.com
To: am.motherdairydelhi@bol.net.com

Subject: Irregular supply of milk and curd

Sir
I would like to bring to your notice some of the irregularities I have noticed about the supply of milk and cheese in the last week.

The milk parcels looked old and filthy. Milk had a sour taste and on Wednesday it smelled very unbearable due to which I had to go without milk for a week.

The curd cans were either pierced or the content was substandard. Even though I brought it to the bearer’s notice, he appeared to have no notion. Kindly look into this matter as the situation is not yet reverted to normaly.

Yours truly
Ashok

Practice Questions :

1.     Write an email to your class teacher Mr.Sanjay , about your one week stay in Singapore with your family at present. Ask your teacher if he needed any gadget at a very reasonable price from Singapore. You are Ranjit Singh/Smriti.

2.     Write an email to your friend Shivam informing him of the mysterious birthday gift that someone presented you last Sunday. The gift box has a label and the name “Rumo” and a message, “Do not open if you love your life” written in red ink. You are Tejpal Singh.

3.     Write an email to your local police inspector bringing to his notice how some of the lower officers/constables misuse their power and designation in their neighbourhood, frightening the residents and taking bribes from them. You are Seema/Tarun, Model Town, Mumbai.