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Your local bookshop has invited members of the public to recommend a guest speaker for an upcoming event that will include a series of talks from well-known people. Write an letter to the bookshop. In your letter • suggest a speaker • say what they would contribute to the event • explain why other people would be interested too

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Dear Sir, I am writing
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 letter to share my opinion of electing a guest speaker for the event which will be organized soon in our area. There are several speakers who are quite popular in our country.
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, I believe Chetan Bhagat is the most appropriate personality in all of them in terms of long talking. There are extremely successful events done by him. So,
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 man will take our event to the peak as he is a writer as well as a motivational speaker. He would serve his motivational opinions related to not committing suicide and how we can run our business successfully. In our neighbourhood and even in the nearby areas a lot of people are dealing with the problems like unemployment, and most of the businessmen losing hope because of not having expected sales. I feel there will be a huge crowd in the hope of finding the solution in his talks. I hope
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 idea will be helpful for all of us. Yours Sincerely, Swati Arora

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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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