A foreign friend of yours plans to visit your place and stay with you, but you are not available on that date. Give your friend another alternate date for the visit. In your letter, you should: -apologies for it -explain what you are doing on that date -suggest to him/her an alternate time to come.

Dear Sam, I hope
this
letter finds you in good health. I am very excited to meet you after
such
a long time and I believe you plan on visiting me on 23rd May. Unfortunately, I'm writing to inform you that due to some unforeseen circumstances, I will not be available at my house on the originally planned date of your arrival. I understand that
this
is not the news you would like to hear, especially at the
last
moment and I want you to know that I sincerely apologize for
this
development. The reason for my absence is because I promised my grandmother, who is currently battling blood cancer
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the
last
5 years, that I will spend that entire day with her and grandpa,
this
was months before I knew that you plan on visiting me. I was hoping if you could visit me a day after
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the original date, as I have taken an entire month off from work in order to better enjoy our time together. I will be happy to compensate for any financial loss that you may incur. I look forward to hearing from you and please feel free to contact me on my phone number in case you have questions or concerns.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

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Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

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  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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