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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 or Madam I hear that your regional bookstore is going to hold a talk
concert
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 with celebrities I suggest that my friend Kim. is very suitable for
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 event. Because he has a lot of common sense and a sense of humour. It seems to me that he would be the most adequate person who
speaks
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speak
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 at your talk
concert
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.
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 ,he has had dozens of friends who come up He has
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 a lot of experience with these events, so he can naturally manage the talk
concert
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.
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,
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 event is so unique in our community that every folk would be interested
either
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too
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. He
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 has dozens of friends, so I guess it contributes to the success of the talk concerts. I look forward to hearing your reply to my suggestion sooner
and
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or
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 later. I am expecting a positive response that you grant
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 suggestion about
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concert
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. Thank you for reading Yours faithfully, Yohan Kik.

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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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