Your local TV station is organizing the burial of a ‘time capsule’. Suggestions are being welcomed as to what artefacts should be buried with the capsule to enable future generations to understand more about today’s society. Write an email to the TV station. In your email, suggest at least 3 artefacts, say why they are relevant, and explain why they are also practical suggestions.

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing
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letter to provide my valuable suggestions in relation to the burial of a ‘time capsule’
that is
going to be organized by your famous television station. I really appreciate your idea of burying some useful
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of the current generation for posterity. There are unlimited items which are distinct from the market and must be preserved for future generations. The most prominent one is a radio that could be buried so that
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people can get knowledge about how the news was transmitted to the public in the past period. Another primary object, a floppy disk that was used for storing data and listening to music in the past could be a good example for restoring it for posterity.
Furthermore
, the first-ever cell phone that was utilized for communication purposes for the first time is totally gone from the market,
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could be preserved for them.
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can help them to know how their ancestors have developed from mini phones to
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my opinion, these were the basic used goods that played
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role in individuals' life in past days.
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, if these are placed in a ‘time capsule’ it can grasp the interest of future generations and will probably search for them to enhance their knowledge of how their older humans entertained, communicated and stored their data. I hope you will find my suggestions useful. Yours sincerely, Navneet Kaur.
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The letter has a formal tone appropriate for the context and audience.
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The closing of the letter is polite and appropriately formatted.

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  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

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  • 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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