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Informing an Airline Last Tuesday you flew from New York to Paris. When you arrived home, you discovered that you had left your cabin bag on the plane. Write a letter to the airline. In your letter, you should explain: • where and when you lost your bag • what your bag looks like what its contents were

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to report
a
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lost property.
Last
 Tuesday, 1st of March I left my cabin
bag
 on the plane AA 1234-D, while I was flying back from New York to Paris. As I was tired after the long flight, I realized
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the missing luggage once I was back home. I
am extremely concern
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 about
this
lost
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, as I have high-value ítems inside of it. My name is Caroline Richards and I left my
bag
on
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 the storage cabin located just above my seat, number 22F. It’s a light-blue coloured
bag
 on wheels and it has a swing tag hanging from the top, with my name on it. Inside my
bag
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 I have my Brand-new laptop which I bought in New York for work and a small Green box which contains my grandmother’s gold ring.
Therefore
, I would appreciate
if
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 you could find
this
bag
 with all my belongings on it, as they are really important to me. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Your
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 faithfully, Caroline.
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In informal writing, you can use contractions such as I’ll and Сan’t.

In formal writing, you should write I will and Can not.

Do not use exclamation mark in formal writing, but you can use it in informal writing.

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