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Band 4.5

Recently you saw an article in a newspaper/journal about a city/town you know and some of the information in the article was incorrect. Write a letter to the editor regarding this. In your letter, you should tell: - how you know about this city/town; - what information was incorrect; - what the editor should do about this.

Dear Sir/Madam,
iam
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I am
 writing
this
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 letter to complain, some facts about the
city
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center
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 are written in the newspaper,
last
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 week on 27 March, I bought a newspaper from the bookshop in the downtown
city
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. You wrote some
information
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 incorrectly, I think it is by mistake. in a recent article about the
city
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information
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, you mentioned some main streets wrong, and its huge mistakes will lead to misunderstanding among the new generations.
The
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Naironi
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Nairobi
City
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his
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has
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 a history that dates back to 1590, before get his colonized
from
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by
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the british
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british
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, after
that
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most of the main streets
on
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 public figures in the country, Kenyatta, Nelson Mandela, and historic buildings
as well as
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 the exact things. The incorrect
information
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 that you
manctined
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mentioned
 two main roads with wrong names, and it will have an effect on foreign readers or among young generations. to get the correct
information
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 from reliable sources like local newspapers and articles. So,
you
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 need to rewrite an article, you should mention these mistakes.
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,
redirect
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young
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the young
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 generation to return back to their histories to get
the
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knowledge from the main sources

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spelling/grammar
Make sure to use correct spelling and grammar. For example, 'iam' should be 'I am'.
structure
Try to organize your ideas clearly in each paragraph. Each paragraph should focus on one main idea.
tone
Use more formal language to fit the tone of a letter to the editor. For example, replace 'huge mistakes' with 'serious errors'.
content
The letter addresses the incorrect information, showing concern for the city's history.
format
You begin with a clear greeting, which is good for a letter format.

The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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