同的是，正文中一般不用hello!(你好!)正文有縮進式和齊頭式兩種。每段書信第一行的第一個字母稍微向右縮進些，通常以五個字母為宜，每段第二行從左面頂格寫起，這就是縮進式。但美國人寫信各段落往往不用縮進式，用齊頭式，即每一行都從左面頂格寫起。商務信件大都採用齊頭式的寫法。
郵件範文：
15 huaihai street
shanghai, china
feb 6th, XX
peter brown
22, blachpool road(可以省略)
sydney 2140
australia
dearpeter,
i am very glad to hear from you.______________________
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i must stop writing now, as i have a lot of work to do.
best wishes to you!
sincerely yours, wang xiaolan