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

Dear Sir or Madam My name is Mehrangiz, and I am one of your
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students in the modern history class. I am writing to explain some reasons for the delay
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my project results and ask for extra time to finish my study. You asked us to find a meaningful event in the history of our town, and I opted for Samarkand. I started with the history books. It could be possible to find some real witnesses of that event. I have managed to find one and we are having
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on Thursday next week. I want to make my study as
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as possible and ask you to extend the deadline of the project to 2 weeks. I will use
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time to handle an interview and prepare a wonderful presentation I promise you will be satisfied I am looking forward to your decision. Yours sincerely Mehrangiz Jumanazarov
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Work on making sure that each paragraph has a clear main idea and that these ideas link together to form a cohesive argument. Use connecting words and phrases to aid the flow between sentences and paragraphs.
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Make sure your task response addresses all parts of the prompt. In your explanation of why the project is delayed, providing more specific reasons or examples may strengthen your argument. Also, consider adding more details about the project and its importance to further satisfy the task requirements.

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