Just write as if you were speaking to him/her/them. Please read the ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FAQS , and if you post your draft letter here, we will check it for you.

You're right about "The" minute. "___ minute when, " with the simple past tense seen in "pass ed " and "announc ed " dictates the definite article ("the). To use " A minute," this

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I way always told English is either correct or incorrect, it can't be good or bad, well or ill. You were told wrong. English has a large number of gramatically and syntactically correct ways of expressing any given idea. Some ways are better

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Floridians are taking Hurricane Frances very seriously indeed. How do I know this? Is it because2.5 million people have either been evacuated from their homes are have chosen to evacuate their homes? Is it because the north-bound lanes of I-95 and

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