You are taking a course at a local college. The deadline for your project was last week but you haven't finished it. Write a letter to your lecturer. In your letter introduce yourself explain why you haven't handed in the project yet request more time to do it.

Dear Sir, My name is Rubina and I am a student in a fourth-year computer science class at your prestigious institution. I am writing

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to inform you that I was unable to submit the assigned machine learning project within

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week's timeline due to my health issues. I have been always regular and sincere with my studies throughout my graduation. You will see from your records that I have never missed a deadline for an assignment throughout my course. I was well aware of the due date but unfortunately, I was diagnosed with COVID because of which I was hospitalised. As you might

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be aware that I was absent from the class for the previous 10 days and I have not been attending lectures because of the mandatory quarantine period. By God's grace, I have recovered now but I am afraid that I need a little more time to finish the project. I have already completed the draft and

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, would like to request one week 's extension to hand over the project. I hope you will understand my situation and grant me a grace period for the submission. Yours faithfully, Rubina