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Maverick17 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Leave Letter correction

As i have some urgent personal work, i could not attend the office on (date).

Or

As i have some urgent personal work, i did not attend the office on (date).

Which one is more correct?

  

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You shouldn't even attempt to write a letter to anyone before you have mastered the fundamentals (like proper capitalization) so thoroughly that you never make that kind of mistake. maverick17 As I have some urgent personal work, I [ could not attend be / was not] at the office on (date). I wonder why you chose the present tense at the beginning ( I have ) when you used the past for the rest ( I could / I did ).

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You shouldn't even attempt to write a letter to anyone before you have mastered the fundamentals (like proper capitalization) so thoroughly that you never make that kind of mistake.

maverick17As I have some urgent personal work, I [could not attend