On stationery without letterhead (as in the case in which inpiduals write a business letter), the writer usually places his own address, not his name, before the date:
15 Patrician4 Way New Jersey5 13469
August 18, 1990 September 16, 1994
在有抬头的信里,日期总是只不过非常简单地由写信日期构成。写日期要一直记住三点:1. 用标准符号,譬如November 18, 1995;2. 防止用序数词的后缀,譬如-st, -nd, -rd, -th,由于这类不光看起来拘谨也不符合时尚;3. 不要用缩写、连字号和斜线,譬如12-12-95, 2/2/95.
在没抬头的信里,譬如个人写的商业信件,作者总是就在日期的前面写上我们的地址,而不是名字:
15 Patrician Way New Jersey 13469
August 18, 1990 September 16, 1994