You recently had some items shipped to you from overseas. Upon receiving the shipment you found that some things were damaged in transit. Write a letter to the manager of the shipping company. In your letter - Provide the details of your shipment - Describe the damage - Say what action you want the company to take.

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Dear Sir or Madam, Hope
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letter finds you well. I am Laila Khaled, and I am a regular customer of your reputable shipping company. I am writing
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letter to express my deepest dissatisfaction with my
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order which has been delivered to me with a plethora of problems. The
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point I want to raise is the details of
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shipment. The shipment was from china, and it consists of AirPods and Smartwatches.
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, it was supposed to arrive on 10 October, but there was a delay from your corporation. One more thing I forgot to mention is that there was significant damage to my
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.
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, the screens of the Smartwatches were severely broken, and one of the AirPods was missing.
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, despite being properly sealed, the products were unboxed. The
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thing I want to discuss with you is that I insist you replace the items at once, and I believe you will appreciate how disappointed I was after I received my damaged order.
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, not only did
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waste my time, but
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it made me upset. Thank you in advance for your anticipated support. Should there be any queries, kindly feel free to contact me
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Looking forward to hearing from you
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your earliest convenience. Faithfully, Laila Khaled
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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