You have just read an article in an international travel magazine which contained some information about your town that is incorrect. Write a letter to the editor of the magazine. In your letter • Correct the information in the article • Explain why it is important for the magazine to give correct information • Suggest what the magazine should do about this situation

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Dear Mr Smith, I am writing regarding the article about
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to Tehran that you have published in your magazine recently.
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I have considered your magazine as the most respectable one in
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field worldwide, I found some errors in
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article which I wanted to inform you about. There is a paragraph concerning the danger of going outside after midnight. I can assure you that the government implement the necessary safeguards in order to generate a safe condition for regular folks. People can see officers patrolling at
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who convey the feeling of safety to visitors.
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, it is mentioned that
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here
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is no chance of finding food after 11 pm which is not true. As Tehran is a lively city, there are many cafes and restaurants that are kept open even after
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midnight. As most tourists turn to and rely on the content of your magazine, it is necessary for you to publish genuine information.
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,
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will be reading and relying on your written articles in the future without being bewildered when they arrive
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destination. So, I would like to suggest
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the mentioned publication and
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it
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week. I propose that you can highlight it or write it in a box to draw the readers’ attention.I look forward to seeing the revised report. Kind regard, Dorsa Shekofteh
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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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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Rectify
  • Misrepresentation
  • Tourism
  • Editor
  • Credibility
  • Accuracy
  • Local heritage
  • Fact-checking
  • Repercussions
  • Counteractive measures
  • Publishing ethics
  • Clarification
  • Factual error
  • Misconception
  • Authenticity
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