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Can I not attend the meeting today? Because I have many works which need to clear before these holidays. And the report cannot not be updated, because most factories was closed
  

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Anonymous Can I not attend the meeting today? Because I have many works which need to clear before these holidays. And the report cannot not be updated, because most factories was closed Why can't I attend the meeting today?

— Philip

  • Anonymous Can I not attend the meeting today?
  • Because I have many works which need to clear before these holidays.
  • And the report cannot not be updated, because most factories was closed Why can't I attend the meeting today?
  • Because I have many things [jobs] to finish before the holidays.
  • The report could not be updated because most factories were closed.
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AnonymousCan I not attend the meeting today? Because I have many works which need to clear before these holidays. And the report cannot not be updated, because most factories was closed
Why can't I attend the meeting today? Because I have many things [jobs] to finish before the holidays. The report could not be updated because most factories were closed. [I
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Hi guys,

In this context, in which the speaker goes on to give the reasons that he doesn't want to attend the meeting, I interpret Can I not attend the meeting today? to mean that he is asking for permission not to attend.

eg

Wife: Come on, let's go shopping.

Husband: You know I hate shopping. Can I not go? Yo
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Hi Clive,

How about this revsion, buut seem not polite : I won't be able to attend the meeting today as I have a lot of work to get done before the holidays, and, moreover, since most factories are closed right now, the report won't be updated until after the holidays

Thanks for your help
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Hi,

How about this revsion, buut seem not polite : I won't be able to attend the meeting today as I have a lot of work to get done before the holidays, and, moreover, since most factories are closed right now, the report won't be updated until after the holidays

Generally speaking, this seems OK to me. It also seems
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I have some urgent thing need to do, and unable to attend the morning meeting. The report will be sent to you all today. Sorry

is this correct ?
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Hi,

I have some urgent thing need to do, and unable to attend the morning meeting. The report will be sent to you all today. Sorry

I have some urgent things that I need to do, so I am unable to attend the morning meeting. The report will be sent to you all later today. Sorry.

Best wishes, Clive
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