Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Broadly speaking letters may be said to 266 into two classes, the formal and 267. Formal letters 268 of official or business matters and are 269 to an employer, officials of a department or institutions. Letters to the 270 of a newspaper also belong to this class. In fact, all 271 using formal pattern is of this category. The 272 has to be precisely stated. It must be 273 in style and quite 274. No 275 element has any place in it.