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You recently read an article in a newspaper about your childhood friend with whom you have lost contact for a long time. Write a letter to the editor. In your letter: •Say which edition and when did the article appear •Explain why you lost contact with your friend •Say how you want them to help you to get back in touch

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Dear Sir, I am a regular reader of your newspaper and now writing to you to
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 about a person whose information was published
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 your recent publication. The feature was released on 27th October in your 50th edition in the "Youth and Technology" section. The name of the article was "
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", which was written on the 2nd
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column
 of the page. It was
a
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 story of a successful female IT freelancer. Surprisingly, after reading and seeing the attached photograph, I identified the main character of the article
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 my childhood friend Taitan Ababil. We graduated from the same school and was
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 friend. I lost my mate later in life as
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I had to move to another city with my family because of my father's transferable job.
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 that time, there
was
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 no
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technical devices,
such
 as mobile and
internet
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are
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available to maintain regular contact. I am delighted to see her after so long in your publication and hoping to get back
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 again in my life. In
this
circumstances
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, I am requesting you to
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provide
 me
her
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with her
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 contact number and mail address with her
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permission
 so that I can reach her again. Yours
sincerelt
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sincerely
,
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coherence cohesion
Ensure that each paragraph focuses on a single main idea or topic to improve the overall coherence of the letter.
task achievement
The greeting and closing are well-written and appropriate for a formal letter. Maintain this level of formality throughout the letter and ensure that the writing tone is consistent.

The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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