![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/08\/envelope.jpg\")
<\/a>\nOn the first line of the address you write the first and last name of the person to whom you are sending the letter.
\nExamples:<\/em>
\nThe President<\/strong>
\nBarack Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n
If you are sending the letter to a business, company, or organization, the next line should be the name of the business.\u00a0 If you are sending the letter to a person’s home you do not write a business name, just the person’s name. The next line contains the recipient’s street address, starting with the number of the house or building, then the name of the street.\u00a0 In the example above there is also an area of the city indicated, ‘NW’ which means Northwest.\u00a0 This is not commonly included in an address in the United States, but this element may be part of an address of a location in a big city.\u00a0 All houses and buildings in the United States have street numbers and are located on streets with names.\u00a0 For example the address ‘The corner of Elm Street and Main street’ is not acceptable because no number is included.\u00a0 There must be a house or building number included for all location.\u00a0 If the mail is also being sent to an apartment, then an apartment number is needed as well.\u00a0 Here are some common abbreviations used on the street address line of mail in the United States: St. = street, Ave. = avenue, Dr. = drive, Pl. = place (these are all words that mean ‘street’), Apt. = apartment. If a person does not have mail delivered to their house or apartment, either because they don’t want this to happen or because they live in a rural community where mail is not delivered, it is possible to pick up personal mail at the post office.\u00a0 Post offices in the United States have post office boxes where mail is delivered to secure locked boxes that can only be opened by the person with the key for the box.\u00a0 If a person has their mail delivered to the post office their address will look different, because there will be no street address.\u00a0 In this type of address post office is abbreviated as P.O. The last line of an addressed envelope in the United States includes information about the city\/town, state, and zip code where the mail is being sent.\u00a0 Every mail district in the United States has a unique five-digit number or code, called a ‘zip code’.\u00a0 This number is used to help sort mail faster and get the mail to the correct destination even if the city and state information is not written legibly** or correctly.\u00a0 All 50 states in America have a two letter abbreviation (California = CA) that is usually used when writing out addresses, you can also write the name of the state out in full, but these abbreviations are helpful and convenient. I hope this information helps you better understand how to write an address using the American system.\u00a0 Now here is some practice.\u00a0 Here are the different parts of Transparent Language’s address (with me as the recipient).\u00a0 See if you can put these in the right order.\u00a0 I will give you the correct answer in tomorrow’s post.<\/p>\n 03062 * recipient = a person who is receiving something The way addresses are written on letters, envelopes, and packages is different in different countries.\u00a0 This post takes a look at how to write an address in English for mail to or within the United States. First take a look at this example using the The White House (where the American president lives) as an…<\/p>\n
\nExample:<\/em>
\nThe White House<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExamples:<\/em>
\n1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW<\/strong>
\n569 107th Street, Apt. #507<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExample:<\/em>
\nP.O. Box 987<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExample:<\/em>
\nWashington, DC 20500<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nGabriele Blogger
\nNashua
\n12 Murphy
\nTransparent Language
\nNH
\nDr.<\/p>\n
\n** legibly = to be written in away that is easy to read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"