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191 let’s

Let’s + infinitive without to is often used to make suggestions. It is rather
like a first-person plural imperative (see 170).
Let’s have a drink. (= { think we should have a drink.)
Let’s go home, shall we?
There are two possible negatives, with Let's not ... and Don'tlet’s ...
Let’snotgetangry. Don’tlet’s get angry.
Let's notis considered more ‘correct’.

192 letters

The most important rules for writing letters are:

Write your address in the top right-hand corner (house-number first,
then street-name, then town, etc). Do not put your name above the
address.
Put the date under the address. One way to write the date is:
number — month — year (for exampie 17 May 1982). For other ways,
see 95.

In a business letter, put the name and address of the person you are
writing to on the left-hand side of the page (beginning on the same level
as the date).
X)
Begin the letter (Dear on the left-hand side of the page.
Leave a line, and begin your first paragraph on the left-hand side. Leave
another line after each paragraph, and begin each new paragraph on
the left.

If you begin Dear Sir(s) or Dear Madam, finish Yours faithfully ... . If
you begin with the person’s name (Dear Mrs Hawkins), finish Yours
sincerely or Yours (more informal). Friendly letters may begin with a first
name (Dear Keith) and finish with an expression like Yours or Love.

On the envelope, put the first name before the surname.
You can write the first name in full (Mr Keith Parker), or you can write one
or more initials (Mr K Parker; Mr K S Parker). Titles like Mr, Ms, Dr are
usually written without a full stop in British English.