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Dear Sir/Madam,I would like to know how to write a letter to an uncle asking himto send his daughters for vacation?ThanksAnonymous

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

Look in any grammar book or book about business English--they should have sample letters. These letters will give you the general form for a letter:

DATE

NAME OF PERSON

HIS ADDRESS

GREETING

BODY OF LETTER

THE COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE

YOUR SIGNATURE

YOUR RETURN ADDRESS/CONTACT INFORMATION

Now for the hard part, the main part of the letter. Only you can decide what you want to say. But here is one way to write it. Answer these questions:
What is the subject you are writing about?

What do you want to happen?
What are your reasons for this?
What other information would encourage the person to do what you want?

For example, in your case, you are writing Uncle X. You would like him to allow his daughters to come visit you for a short vacation. You think this would be a good idea because ...
Other possible questions to answer: How long a vacation? When would they arrive? What would they do at your house? Do you have daughters of their ages? Do they enjoy each other's company? Would you take them anywhere special? Will they learn anything special? Who is paying for all this? Do you have room to make them comfortable? If they can't visit now, is there a better time?)

As you see, there are many questions, which you can answer in your lette if they are useful. Just be sure you do two things: tell your uncle what you want and tell him why it would be a good thing to happen.

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