ARSON P. BALANA “COMART 4” 06/24/11

CORRESPONDENCE (noun)
The noun CORRESPONDENCE has 6 senses:

1. communication by the exchange of letters
2. compatibility of observations
3. the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
4. a function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set
5. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
6. similarity by virtue of corresponding

Familiarity information: CORRESPONDENCE used as a noun is common.

Technical Writing:
Business Correspondence: Overview

This section discusses general format of business letters, shows you the four common business-letter formats, and discusses some basic guidelines for writing style in business letters.

For related matters:

See the section on resumes.
See the section on application letters.
See the section on inquiry letters.
See the section on complaint and adjustment letters.

Here are some relevant websites on business communication:

Business Letter Writing. A useful site maintained by Patrick Burne, a retired business communication consultant.

Common Components

The following is concerned with the mechanical and physical details of business letters. (All of the components discussed in the following are illustrated in Figure 1-1.)

Heading. The heading contains the writer's address and the date of the letter. The writer's name is not included and only a date is needed in headings on letterhead stationery.

Inside address. The inside address shows the name and address of the recipient of the letter. This information helps prevent confusion. Also, if the recipient has moved, the inside address helps to determine what to do with the letter. In the inside address, include the appropriate title of respect of the recipient; and copy the name of the company exactly as that company writes it. When you do have the names of individuals, remember to address them appropriately: Mrs., Ms., Mr., Dr., and so on. If you are not sure what is correct for an individual, try to find out how that individual signs letters or consult the forms-of-address section in a dictionary.

Salutation. The salutation directly addresses the recipient of the letter and is followed by a colon (except when a friendly, familiar, sociable tone is intended, in which case a comma is used). Notice that in the simplified letter format, the salutation line is eliminated altogether. If you don't know whether the recipient is a man or woman, the traditional practice has been to write "Dear Sir" or "Dear Sirs" — but that's sexist! To avoid this problem, salutations such as "Dear Sir or Madame," "Dear Ladies and Gentlemen," "Dear Friends," or "Dear People" have been tried — but without much general acceptance. Deleting the salutation line altogether or inserting "To Whom It May Concern" in its place, is not ordinarily a good solution either — it's impersonal.

The best solution is to make a quick, anonymous phone call to the organization and ask for a name; Or, address the salutation to a department name, committee name, or a position name: "Dear Personnel Department," "Dear Recruitment Committee," "Dear Chairperson," "Dear Director of Financial Aid," for example.

Figure 1-1. Standard components of a business letter. In this example, the block letter format is used.

Subject or reference line. As shown in the order letter, the subject line replaces the salutation or is included with it. The subject line announces the main business of the letter.

Body of the letter. The actual message of course is contained in the body of the letter, the paragraphs between the salutation and the complimentary close. Strategies for writing the body of the letter are discussed in the section on business-correspondence style.

Complimentary close. The "Sincerely yours" element of the business letter is called the complimentary close. Other common ones are "Sincerely yours," "Cordially," "Respectfully," or "Respectfully yours." You can design your own, but be careful not to create florid or wordy ones. Notice that only the first letter is capitalized, and it is always followed by a comma.

Signature block. Usually, you type your name four lines below the complimentary close, and sign your name in between. If you are a woman and want to make your marital status clear, use Miss, Ms., or Mrs. in parentheses before the typed version of your first name. Whenever possible, include your title or the name of the position you hold just below your name. For example, "Technical writing student," "Sophomore data processing major," or "Tarrant County Community College Student" are perfectly acceptable.

End notations. Just below the signature block are often several abbreviations or phrases that have important functions.

Initials. The initials in all capital letters in Figure 1-1 are those of the writer of the letter, and the ones in lower case letters just after the colon are those of the typist.
Enclosures. To make sure that the recipient knows that items accompany the letter in the same envelope, use such indications as "Enclosure," "Encl.," "Enclosures (2)." For example, if you send a resume and writing sample with your application letter, you'd do this: "Encl.: Resume and Writing Sample." If the enclosure is lost, the recipient will know.
Copies. If you send copies of a letter to others, indicate this fact among the end notations also. If, for example, you were upset by a local merchant's handling of your repair problems and were sending a copy of your letter to the Better Business Bureau, you'd write this: "cc: Better Business Bureau." If you plan to send a copy to your lawyer, write something like this: "cc: Mr. Raymond Mason, Attorney."

Following pages. If your letter is longer than one page, the heading at the top of subsequent pages can be handled in one of the following ways:

Examples of following-page header format.

If you use letterhead stationery, remember not to use it for subsequent pages. However, you must use blank paper of the same quality, weight, and texture as the letterhead paper (usually, letterhead stationery comes with matching blank paper).

Business English is English language especially related to international trade. It is a part of English for Specific Purposes and can be considered a specialism within English language learning and teaching; for example, the teachers' organisation IATEFL has a special interest group called BESIG [1]. Many non-native English speakers study the subject with the goal of doing business with English-speaking countries, or with companies located outside the Anglosphere but which nonetheless use English as a shared language or lingua franca. Much of the English communication that takes place within business circles all over the world occurs between non-native speakers. In cases such as these, the object of the exercise is efficient and effective communication. The strict rules of grammar are in such cases sometimes ignored, when, for example, a stressed negotiator's only goal is to reach an agreement as quickly as possible. (See linguist Braj Kachru's theory of the "expanding circle".)
Business English means different things to different people.^[^who?^] For some, it focuses on vocabulary and topics used in the worlds of business, trade, finance, and international relations. For others it refers to the communication skills used in the workplace, and focuses on the language and skills needed for typical business communication such as presentations, negotiations, meetings, small talk, socializing, correspondence, report writing, and so on. In both of these cases it can be taught to native speakers of English, for example, high school students preparing to enter the job market.

The listing of Top Philippine Companies that you see here is based on Philippine Business Profiles and Perspectives Inc.'s Top 7000 Corporations: Business Profiles 2009-2010 Edition. This is based on their Gross Revenue for 2008's fiscal year. These are the Top 100 companies in the Philippines for 2010.

For the Top 20 Companies in the Philippines, you can see their Gross Revenues for 2008 which is the basis for the list. You can also check the listing of the Top 10 Companies in the Philippines with logo, description, and contact details here: Top 10 Companies in the Philippines.

Rank	Company
1	Petron Corporation Gross Revenue: 268,816,990
2	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation Gross Revenue: 197,889,877
3	Manila Electric Company Gross Revenue: 188,087,000
4	San Miguel Corporation and Subsidiaries Gross Revenue: 182,711,000
5	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Gross Revenue: 152,727,000
6	TI (Philippines), Incorporated Gross Revenue: 122,195,278
7	Chevron Philippines Incorporated Gross Revenue: 99,400,498
8	Nestle Philippines Incorporated Gross Revenue: 82,365,245
9	Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corporation Gross Revenue: 81,670,449
10	Mercury Drug Corporation Gross Revenue: 72,155,744
11	Smart Communications Incorporated Gross Revenue: 71,041,000
12	Philippine Airlines, Incorporated Gross Revenue: 62,976,451
13	Globe Telecom, Incorporated Gross Revenue: 60,483,539
14	Zuellig Pharma Corporation Gross Revenue: 57,447,655
15	Banco de Oro Unibank, Incorporated Gross Revenue: 54,253,779
16	Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Incorporated Gross Revenue: 49,666,041
17	San Miguel Brewery, Incorporated Gross Revenue: 49,145,000
18	Toyota Motor Philippines, Incorporated Gross Revenue: 45,087,124
19	Panasonic Communications Philippines Corporation Gross Revenue: 44,906,156
20	American Power Conversion Corporation (A.P.C.) B.V. Gross Revenue: 43,201,711

After the Top 20 Companies in the Philippines, here is a listing of corporations who is also included in the

Top 100 Philippine Companies for 2010.

Rank	Company Name
21	San Miguel Foods, Incorporated
22	Fujitsu Computer Products Corporation of the Philippines
23	Brown Karton Packaging Corporation
24	Thermobreak Philippines Corporation
25	First Gas Power Corporation
26	Samsung Electronics Philippines Manufacturing Corporation
27	Supervalue Incorporated
28	Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company
29	Fortune Tobacco Corporation
30	Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Incorporated
31	Unilever Philippines, Incorporated
32	Chevron Mampalaya LLC
33	The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Company
34	Total (Philippines) Corporation
35	United Laboratories Incorporated
36	Dole Philippines Incorporated
37	Rohm Electronics Philippines, Incorporated
38	Team Energy Corporation
39	PTT Philippines Trading Corporation
40	Energy Development (EDC) Corporation
41	Honda Cars Philippines, Incorporated
42	TDK Fujitsu Philippines Corporation
43	Monde Nissin Corporation
44	Cebu Air, Incorporated
45	Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu), Incorporated
46	FGP Corporation
47	Holcim Philippines, Incorporated
48	Puregold Price Club Incorporated
49	Accenture, Incorporated
50	Pilipino Telephone Corporation
51	Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Philippines Incorporated
52	Shell Philippines LLC
53	Nidec Philippines Corporation
54	Amkor Technology Philippines Incorporated
55	Wyeth Philippines Incorporated
56	Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation
57	Philippine National Bank
58	Super Shopping Market Incorporated
59	HHIC-Philippine, Incorporated
60	Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), Incorporated
61	Robinsons Supermarket Corporation
62	Epson Imaging Devices (Philippines), Incorporated
63	Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
64	Megaworld Corporation
65	Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. and Subsidiaries
66	PTT Philippines Corporation
67	Del Monte Philippines Incorporated
68	The Philippine American Life & Gen. Insurance Company
69	Union Bank of the Philippines
70	Republic Cement Corporation
71	SM Prime Holdings, Incorporated
72	Quezon Power (Philippines) Ltd. Company
73	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd., The
74	China Banking Corporation
75	Metro Drug Incorporated
76	Cargill Philippines, Incorporated
77	Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.
78	ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
79	Bristol-Myers Squibb (Philippines) Incorporated
80	Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Incorporated
81	Intel Technology Philippines Incorporated
82	Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation
83	Rustan Supercenters, Incorporated
84	Ayala Land Incorporated
85	Wistron Infocomm (Philippines) Corporation
86	Lear Automotive Services (Netherlands) B.V.
87	GMA Network Incorporated
88	IDS (Philippines), Incorporated
89	Temic Automotive (Philippines) Incorporated
90	First Gen Corporation
91	Innove Communications, Incorporated
92	Liquigaz Philippines Corporation
93	International Container Terminal Services Incorporated
94	The Purefoods-Hormel Company, Incorporated
95	Shell Gas Eastern Incorporated
96	Pilipinas Makro Inc.
97	SM Mart Incorporated
98	Avon Cosmetics Incorporated
99	Lufthansa Technik Philippines Incorporated
100	Ayala Corporation

In OVERALL RANK, the country’s leading fast food chain Jollibee ranked first in position. Four (4) companies of the Ayalas also went into top 10 (Ayala Corp., Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Globe Telecom). The SM Group of companies headed by the country’s richest person Henry Sy have two (2) companies who joined the top 10 (Banco de Oro Universal Bank in 7th and SM Prime Holdings in 9th). San Miguel Corp., PLDT and Metrobank were also included bagging in the 4th, 8th and 10th positions.

RANK		COMPANY NAME	Auditor	GROSS REVENUES		NET SALES
2003	2002	COMPANY NAME	Auditor	P millions	% Change	P millions	Rank	%Change
1	3	TI (PHILIPPINES), Inc.	SGV	159,410	31.7	159,406	1	31.9
2	2	Toshiba Information Equipment (Phil's.), Inc.	SGV	143,995	11.5	143,993	2	11.5
3	4	Manila Electric Co.	SGV	134,201	12.8	132,019	3	12.1
4	1	National Power Corp.	COA	125,695	(4.6)	119,179	4	2.4
5	5	Petron Corp.	SGV	110,978	19.3	110,737	5	19.9
6	6	Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.	JCC	101,365	17.2	100,722	6	17.2
7	10	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.	SGV	58,559	24.8	44,672	11	1.5
8	7	Caltex (Philippines), Inc.	JCC	58,443	4.7	58,294	7	4.5
9	8	Nestle Philippines, Inc.	SGV	53,373	3.1	53,240	8	3.4
10	11	Globe Telecom, Inc.	SGV	51,396	10.1	49,478	9	8.0
11	17	Smart Communications, Inc.	SGV	50,965	50.7	44,663	12	49.3
12	13	San Miguel Corp.	SGV	49,811	15.0	46,926	10	18.8
13	12	Philippine Airlines, Inc.	SGV	45,121	2.3	40,687	13	0.7
14	14	Mercury Drug Corp.	VRA	42,985	13.0	42,528	14	13.0
15	22	Panasonic Mobile Communications Corp. of the Phils.	SGV	35,940	35.5	35,787	15	36.3
16	18	Philips Semiconductors Philippines, Inc.	LMC	35,487	12.1	35,402	16	12.6
17	16	Fujitsu Computer Products Corp. of the Philippines	SGV	34,523	1.4	34,507	17	1.5
18	20	Metropolitan Bank & trust Co.	SGV	33,629	11.7	22,888	27	3.0
19	19	Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc.	SGV	30,258	(1.7)	29,234	20	(3.1)
20	15	Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Phil's. Corp.	SGV	29,174	(21.4)	29,291	18	(22.2)
21	24	Rohm Electronics Philippines, Inc.	LMC	29,355	15.4	29,289	19	15.2
22	36	Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp.	CLM	28,889	61.7	28,789	21	62.3
23	21	Fortune Tobacco Corp.	MPC	27,003	0.6	26,954	22	0.7
24	25	San Miguel Foods Inc.	SGV	26,930	8.0	26,919	23	7.9
25	26	Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc.	SGV	25,971	12.7	25,968	24	12.7
26	23	Bank of the Philippine Islands	JCC	25,778	0.5	18,128	33	0.8
27	33	First Gas Power Corp.	SGV	23,849	24.4	23,780	25	24.9
28	48	Panasonic Communications Corp. of the Phils.	SGV	23,606	74.8	23,507	26	75.1
29	9	Wistron Infocomm (Phils.) Corp.	SGV	21,879	(57.6)	21,878	28	(57.5)
30	30	PNOC Energy Development Corp.	COA	20,950	5.9	20,370	30	3.8
31	37	Toyota Motor Philippines Corp.	SGV	20,780	24.2	20,663	29	24.0
32	82	Samsung Electronics Philippines Manufacturing Corp.	SGV	20,096	148.1	19,998	31	148.7
33	34	Universal Robina Corp.	SGV	19,784	7.3	18,320	32	5.9
34	38	Phil. American Life and General Insurance Co., The	SGV	19,825	18.6	11,185	56	14.2
35	29	Phil. Amusement and Gaming Corp.	COA	19,379	(3.7)	16,571	36	(8.2)
36	35	Land Bank of the Philippines	COA	18,530	3.7	15,237	38	5.3
37	39	Equitable PCI Bank, Inc.	SGC	18,304	12.7	11,702	53	16.2
38	27	Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing, Inc.	JCC	17,864	(14.9)	17,812	34	(13.5)
39	28	Citibank, N.A.	SGV	17,423	(15.3)	12,915	45	(15.4)
40	41	Unilever Philippines, Inc.	JCC	16,779	7.1	16,709	35	7.3
41	32	National Food Authority	COA	16,650	(14.5)	15,337	37	(15.1)
42	49	United Laboratories, Inc.	OTH	15,928	19.0	14,988	40	18.8
43	40	Supervalue, Inc.	JCC	15,582	(3.4)	15,219	39	(4.1)
44	120	United Coconut Planters Bank	LMC	15,449	172.6	3,482	211	(24.1)
45	42	Honda Cars Philippines, Inc.	SGV	14,521	(6.7)	14,317	43	(6.3)
46	47	Mirant Sual Corp.	LMC	14,513	6.2	14,362	41	5.3
47	46	Intel Technology Philippines, Inc.	SGV	14,504	5.9	14,322	42	5.9
48	51	Amkor Technology Philippines, Inc.	JCC	14,021	9.5	13,740	44	8.9
49	50	Jollibee Foods Corp.	SGV	13,912	4.7	12,271	47	3.8
50	44	Development Bank of the Philippines	COA	13,549	(6.6)	11,162	57	(8.4)