You recently read an article in newspaper about someone you know personally. You found some information is wrong. Write a letter to the 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?

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Dear Sir, I am writing in respect of a mistake I discovered while reading an article published by

British

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Times on the 21s of July

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2019. It was a biography of a renowned Igbo business tycoon, Chief Ekenedilichukwu Osita. Actually, I am a fan of the paper, especially the business part, and it was in the process that I discovered a mistake on page twelve. Coincidentally, I grew up with

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Osita. So, I am in the right position to point out the error I came across in your article. It read that he left ‘Anambra’, his home town for the city at the age of twelve, and he

also

studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Uyo in 1970.

This

information is not correct because we both left Anambra at the tender age of seven and graduated from Nnamdi Azikiwe University as Business Administrators in 1980.

Furthermore

, I have attached a copy of our class album in order to prove my case and I hope that

this

would be

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effected

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in your

article. I

also

implore that

further

investigation is carried out in order to trace my claims. I hope to receive a response from you soon. Yours faithfully, Udemezue

oluoma

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alumna

Fri Feb 21 2020

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5Linking words
meeting the goal of 7 or more
0Word repetition
meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
6Grammar mistakes
 

7 paragraphs

203 words

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Overall Band Score

Coherence and Cohesion: 7.0

Logical structure

Single idea per paragraph

Greeting and closing

Accurate linking words

Variety in linking words

Lexical resource: 5.0

Varied vocabulary

Accurate spelling & word formation

Grammatical Range: 5.0

Mix of complex & simple sentences

Clear and correct grammar

Task Achievement: 8.0

Complete response

Suitable writing tone

Appropriate word count

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