Today, regular mail is not as popular as e-mail. Long delivery time, the need to buy an envelope and the correct spelling of the address will win over anyone to the side of the email, especially when communicating with foreigners. Nevertheless, when there is no way to contact an interlocutor on the Internet, paper letters are still used.
Instructions
Step 1
If you need to write exactly a "paper" letter, then in order for it to reach the addressee, you will have to take into account the rules for writing an address in English. This is especially true of business correspondence, where time is of the essence, and an extra month spent in search of an addressee by local mail can cause significant material damage to both parties.
Step 2
To write the address correctly, you must have some knowledge of the English language. First, remember that a letter in English is called letter, country - country, address - address, addressee - addressee, sender - sender, city - town or city, depending on its size, state - state, province - province, street - street, building or building - building, apartment (depending on whether you write to England or America) - apartment or flat.
Step 3
The index plays a special role in international mail. In the post office of America or England, be sure to pay attention to how it is filled out (it is called the "ZIP Code"). For example, the Royal Postal Service of England requires that the postal code and city name are in all capital letters, otherwise your letter will be sent back to you. Be careful: in some countries, the index includes not only a combination of numbers, but also letters.
Step 4
The order of writing the address in English is unusual for residents of Russia. First, the full name of the addressee of the letter is written, then the house number, street name (at the end, the abbreviation "st." Is attributed), then the apartment number (for example, fl.45), then the name of the city, region or state, and only then the name of the country. Caution: if you confuse the location in the spelling of the address of the house number and the apartment number, then the letter will not reach the addressee.
