0Hello teachers of EnglishForward, I've been so impulsive to sign up for CAE in June.02br 02br 00I went to the British Institute in my town to test my level, and they said I could try with CAE: but they didn't test my writing!!!02br 02br 00I've never written anything in English really, so you can immagine how bad my writing is.02br 02br 00I'm trying to write something every week, I'll be really gratefull if somebody could correct me.02br 02br 00You already did it one week ago: thanks a lot.02br 02br 00I'm practising on some CAE pastpapers. I hope it's fine if I don't write the tasks, but they are very long.02br 02br 00Thank you in any case (can I say this?).02br 02br 00Chiara02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 00Dear Editor of 00 News,02br 02br 02br 02br 00my name is Maria Rossini, I hope you can help me.02br 02br 00I’ve just come back from a beautiful trip to Asia, 0100Australia0200 and 00. 02br 02br 00There is no doubt you live in a beautiful country!02br 02br 00I enjoyed my trip very much, but unfortunately nothing is perfect, and when arrived in 00’s bus station, 02br 02br 00my 00backpack got00 00lost or was stolen. I reported this to the police, but nothing could be done.02br 02br 00I can’t describe my surprise yesterday when the door's bell rang and the postman gave me 02br 02br 00my backpack straight in my hands! Someone sent it to me from 00, leaving02br 02br 00an unsigned note saying that he/she found it under a bush near 00’s beach.02br 02br 00That’s why I’m writing here.02br 02br 00Firstly I would like to thank this person and express him/her my gratitude02br 02br 00for what he/she did. I hope he/she contacts me to thank him/her personally and to give 02br 02br 00him/her back the money of the sending expenses, which must not have been law! 00 02br 02br 00Also, while the backpack has been found, my passport is still missing. It could be near 02br 02br 00’s beach, I don’t know. But wherever it is, if somebody finds it, he/she can write to 02br 02br 00me at the address below or contact 00’s police. 02br 02br 00Thank you for the opportunity you gave to write in your newspaper.02br 02br 02br 02br 00Yours sincerely,02br 02br 00Maria Rossini02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 02br 00To Auckland Police Department,02br 02br 02br 02br 00my name is Maria Rossini, 02br 02br 00on 14.04.’99 I reported to you that my backpack was lost.02br 02br 00Its reference number is MG/JE/148.02br 02br 00I write to inform you that the backpack has been found, but my passport, 02br 02br 00O-H-65839, is still missing.00 02br 02br 00Please contact me if you find it. I’ll pay for the sending expenses.02br 02br 02br 02br 00Yours sincerely,02br 02br 00Maria Rossin0-
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02br 02br 00Just stick with "he" and "him". Writing he/she, him/her all time can make something almost completely unreadable. 12blockquote 10police --> police department01blockquote 02br 10my name is Maria Rossini12blockquote 10my-->My01blockquote 02br 10postman12blockquote 10-->mailman.
— Marvin A.
02br 02br 00Just stick with "he" and "him".
Writing he/she, him/her all time can make something almost completely unreadable.
12blockquote 10police --> police department01blockquote 02br 10my name is Maria Rossini12blockquote 10my-->My01blockquote 02br 10postman12blockquote 10-->mailman.
01blockquote 02br 10I’ve just come back12blockquote 10-->I just came back.
0Hello Marvin, thank you so much for your usefull help. I undersrtand your corrections.02br 02br 02br 02br 00"Postman": it's the word I knew (maybe British English?), I checked in the vocabulary and it's ok.02br 02br 02br 02br 00I tried to rephrase the sentences you said:02br 02br 02br 02br 0