例一：寻物启事

A Jacket Lost
In the playground, May12, a Jacket, green in colour and with a zipper¹ in the collar lost, finder please return it to the owner, Krutch. Room 203, Dormitory 9.
　
寻茄克衫

5月12日本人不慎在操场丢失一件绿色，领口有拉链的茄克衫。拾到者请把茄克衫还给失主克鲁奇。地点九号宿舍楼203房间。

例二：订婚启事

NOTICE OF ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Holand Walshman have the honour to announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lucy, to Mr. Samual Russell on Saturday, August 11, 1997.
　
订婚启事

荷兰德·沃尔什曼先生及夫人荣幸地宣布，他们的小女露西与塞穆尔·罗素先生于一九九七年八月十一日（星期六）订婚，兹特敬告亲友。