Letters to the Editor | Sample Letter 1

Want to make your voice heard? Do you feel strongly about something? Are you always driven by that desire to change the world? Why not express your views through a letter? Most newspapers publish letters written by their readers. When you write a letter to the editor of a widely circulated newspaper, you are actually reaching out to a much larger audience. If your letter to the editor gets published, it will be read by millions of people.

Here is a sample letter to the editor.

A newspaper has published an article that defames somebody you know. Write a letter to the editor of that newspaper explaining what details were wrong in the article. Your letter should also suggest what the editor should do about the article.

Sample letter

Sections in this article

Letters to Editor - sample 1
Letters to Editor - sample 2
Letters to Editor - sample 3

Formal letter writing

Introduction
Address and date
Salutation
Body of the letter
Subscription or leave-taking
The Tone and Language of a Letter
Personal Letter Writing Tips
Envelope
Example of formal letter and envelope
Formal Letter Sample 2

Sections in this article

Exclamations
Exclamations exercise
Exclamations: common errors
Common mistakes with pronouns - Part 2
Common errors with adjectives - part 1
Common errors with adjectives - part 2