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You have been invited to attend an interview for a place studying a course at a college. Unfortunately, because of a previous appointment, you cannot come at the time they wish. Write a letter to the admission tutor. In your letter, • explain your position • apologize and offer to come on another day or later the same day • also ask how long the interview will be, and whether there will be any tests during it

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Dear Sir or Madam, I have been accepted to join the Masters of Science programme in the winter semester at your college. I am supposed to meet you
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 an
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 next Monday morning but
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 am afraid the timing contradicts another important meeting. I am hoping that you would allow me to meet you sometime later on that
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 or on a different
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. I work with
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 telecom and they have scheduled a general meeting on
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 November which contradicts my
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 with you. The meeting in the office will start at 9.00 am
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 with you is set at 10.00am on the same
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. I understand how important it is for me to meet you to
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 my admission and hoping that you would allow me to alter the timing as
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 really cannot make it at 10 am on
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 November. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and
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 request you to kindly reschedule my
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 for another
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 or after 2 pm on the same
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. For
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 shall always be thankful to you.
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, kindly let me know if
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 need to take any tests as part of the
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 process and how
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 the
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 might continue. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Namata Roy

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coherence cohesion
Consider using a variety of sentence structures to enhance the flow of your letter.
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Clarify the duration of the previous engagement to provide a clearer context to the reader.
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To enhance clarity, explicitly mention your proposed alternative dates or times for the rescheduled meeting.
coherence cohesion
Your letter follows a logical structure, introducing your situation, providing an explanation, making a request, and closing courteously.
task achievement
You have appropriately apologized, which is suitable given the context, and you maintained a polite and respectful tone throughout the letter.
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