Is there a better way to say the following sentence?

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I received today a notification letter from my local post office stating that there is a parcel held for me to be collected.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

My post office notified me today of a parcel being held for me.

AAK · Answer

thanks Mister, could you please recommend me a good english learning book? my grammer (sentence contruction) is very very bad.

thank you

Mister Micawber · Answer

AAKmy grammer (sentence contruction) is very very bad.

I don't think it is so bad.

AAKcould you please recommend me a good english learning book?

I have never met a book that one could self-learn a language well from. As a grammar and usage reference, there are none more generally useful than Michael Swan's Practical English Usage: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=swan&sts=t&tn=Practical+English+Usage

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