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Flower1234 Posted 14 years ago
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I have just called the Shanghai Hotel to enquire if we could extend the number of days we have booked for the hotel in December of this year. They told me that it is not possible as they are booked fully. They requested that we send an email with our request and their Manager may consider our request.
  

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Hi, I have just called the Shanghai Hotel to enquire if we could extend the number of days we have booked for the hotel in December of this year. They told me that it is not possible as they are booked fully. They requested that we send an email with our request and ( said that ) their Manager may consider our request.

  • Hi, I have just called the Shanghai Hotel to enquire if we could extend the number of days we have booked for the hotel in December of this year.
  • They told me that it is not possible as they are booked fully.
  • They requested that we send an email with our request and ( said that ) their Manager may consider our request.
  • For style, you might want to use other words in order to eliminate the repetition of 'request' in the last sentence.
  • eg They asked us to send an email with our request, and said that their Manager may consider it.
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Hi,
I have just called the Shanghai Hotel to enquire if we could extend the number of days we have booked for the hotel in December of this year. They told me that it is not possible as they are booked fully. They requested that we send an email with our request and ( said that ) their Manager may consider our reque

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