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[TCC]

Dear David,
XXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX
Sincerly yours,
Peter
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Hi,
In English letters, just like the above one, should the sender's name(Peter) on the lower left side or right side?
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
TCC

[bud]

On the left, just as you did.

By the way, you need to put a blank line after Dear David and before Sincerely Yours:

Dear David,

xxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sincerely Yours,
Peter

[bud]

On second thought, TCC, there are different ways to format a letter. I think many years ago it was more common to put the closing (Sincrely Yours, Peter) on the right, although today I'd say the left is more common - especially if written on a computer. If I were writing the letter by hand, I'd still put it on the right, though, even today. The more I think about it, the more I realize how complicated it is.

If you have MS Word or something similar, look at the sample letters and letter templates in there. You can also do a search on "letter formatting" and you'll see lots of links to check out.

(The simple answer, though, is what I wrote in my first reply.)

Sorry for the confusion!

[TCC]

Thank you for your help.