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Information about the sender and the receiver appears at the top, so the writer does not use the traditional greetings. The style is much more informal than in letters, and can be quite casual. The ending is Best wishes rather than Yours sincerely.

The informal style is most suitable for e-mails within your company and for people you know well. Then the greeting is often Hi, Hello or even How are you? Sometimes the ending is omitted and people use abbreviations of words if they want to save time:

CU = see you

tkx = thanks

RUOK? = are you OK?

Check yourself:

1. What is the style of e-mail?

2. What necessary information must it contain?

3. Do you know and use any typical abbreviations used in e-mail letters?