You recently read an article in newspaper about someone you know personally. You found some information is wrong. Write a letter to editor to inform him about it. Use following points: 1) What is the article about? 2) What is the error? 3) What you expect an editor to do?

I am writing to report the wrong information in an article regarding the co-authorship of a
book
by a junior scientist, John Smith, which you published
last
week, in The Times newspaper.
This
article provided
the
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detailed insight
on
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the life of John Smith; starting from his early year education to his achievements, and
finally
, how hard he struggled to accomplish his dream of becoming a junior scientist.
Furthermore
, the
book
, “Practicing Programming Languages”,
that
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is mentioned in the composition is the most favourite of mine.
Nevertheless
, I noticed an error in the section, where you summarized the information about the author and
coauthor
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of that
book
. Surprisingly, he was the only writer of the
book
, and another
book
, “Developing Web Applications”, was written by him along with another author. I knew
this
, as he remained my professor during my tertiary education, and I deem him as a mentor till now. Being the editor of
this
highly reputed international newspaper, I hope you will rectify
this
mistake in no time, as the world must recognize and honour him on his solo accomplishments. Looking forward to a positive response. Yours sincerely, Zainab.
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • newspaper
  • article
  • error
  • inaccurate
  • information
  • editor
  • corrections
  • evidence
  • rectify
  • accurate
  • reporting
  • future
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