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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Letter Writing
Correct or not no. 93 - another short email
Dear All, I'd be grateful if you could give it a look and tell me what should be changed. I'm particularly uncertain about the underlined part and I have a feeling that there's a need for past perfect tense there. I also have doubts about the way I used a conditional sentence there. Also I don't know if it's OK to put a comma in front of and. I also don't know if I should add it after explain.
Dear XYZ,
Regarding Janet's evaluation... To be honest with you, I don't know how to approach this matter. I've learnt the hard way that ABC is not exactly the easiest person to talk to, and when it comes to certain points she made on the evaluation paper it's basically my word against hers (well, mine and Nora's when it comes to the course description) The reason why I wanted her to provide me with a written evaluation paper right after my class was because I knew that if I didn't get it at that time, then half a year later what she said to me while giving verbal feedback would be long forgotten. When it comes to what she wrote about me not knowing the grading structure for the history course is her perspective on the matter and I don't know how to explain (it???) to her that: A) I got back to the student with a clear answer 5 minutes later because I believe it's better to double-check rather than mislead a student, and B) It's simply impossible to remember all the numbers. For all I know, Janet can be quite defensive when it comes to matters where her way of seeing things is being questioned.
Thank you so much!
Dear XYZ,
Regarding Janet's evaluation... To be honest with you, I don't know how to approach this matter. I've learnt the hard way that ABC is not exactly the easiest person to talk to, and when it comes to certain points she made on the evaluation paper it's basically my word against hers (well, mine and Nora's when it comes to the course description) The reason why I wanted her to provide me with a written evaluation paper right after my class was because I knew that if I didn't get it at that time, then half a year later what she said to me while giving verbal feedback would be long forgotten. When it comes to what she wrote about me not knowing the grading structure for the history course is her perspective on the matter and I don't know how to explain (it???) to her that: A) I got back to the student with a clear answer 5 minutes later because I believe it's better to double-check rather than mislead a student, and B) It's simply impossible to remember all the numbers. For all I know, Janet can be quite defensive when it comes to matters where her way of seeing things is being questioned.
Thank you so much!
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I'm going to give you some unsolicited personal advice before I talk about your text. Although the situation isn't completely clear, it seems that you're dealing with a disagreement within an educational hierarchy, perhaps involving a student, a teacher, and an administrator. Don't try to do this via email.
- I'm going to give you some unsolicited personal advice before I talk about your text.
- Although the situation isn't completely clear, it seems that you're dealing with a disagreement within an educational hierarchy, perhaps involving a student, a teacher, and an administrator.
- Don't try to do this via email.
- It's a recipe for more strife.
- Talk face to face.
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I'm going to give you some unsolicited personal advice before I talk about your text. Although the situation isn't completely clear, it seems that you're dealing with a disagreement within an educational hierarchy, perhaps involving a student, a teacher, and an administrator. Don't try to do this via email. It's a recipe for more strife. Talk face to face.
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