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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results for 'tag:Yours sincerely tag:Numbers' matching tags 'Yours sincerely' and 'Numbers'</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aYours+sincerely+tag%3aNumbers&amp;tag=Yours+sincerely,Numbers&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results for 'tag:Yours sincerely tag:Numbers' matching tags 'Yours sincerely' and 'Numbers'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)</generator><item><title>Re: could you please check my covering letter?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldCheckCoveringLetter/gxbqx/post.htm#570483</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:31:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:570483</guid><dc:creator>Feebs11</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="text-align:left;" align="left"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am an experienced graphic designer and lecturer with a sound knowledge and understanding in the field of graphic design. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have worked for a number of advertising agencies and publishing
houses, where I have been exposed to all aspects of the related media
industries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Poland I had the &lt;/b&gt;chance to work with, and learn from, some of the best graphic designers (Gorowski, Pluta).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; My work has been &lt;b&gt;shown in&lt;/b&gt;
many exhibitions and competitions around a world with excellent
feedback. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Since moving to the UK I have worked in a small publishing company - &lt;b&gt;Kennedyâs Publications Ltd&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I seek to have a clear view and concept from the beginning of the project, using my computer only as a useful tool to achieve the desired results.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Every design that I develop must be specific, functional, original and applicable. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I believe that my previous experience has enabled me to work
effectively and to meet deadlines while remaining focused on the task
in hand.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have an extensive portfolio of work, which I am happy for you to view. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please contact me if you require any further information. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yours sincerely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[Details of your training and technical expertise would be in your cv, which you should offer to send them if this is not for a specific job application, If it is, then the letter should start with a reference to the job for which you are applying: &amp;quot;With reference to your advertisement for a [job title], in [name of periodical or source], I am most interested in this position and would like to apply for it.&amp;quot; ] &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>could you please check my covering letter?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldCheckCoveringLetter/gxbrk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:40:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:570207</guid><dc:creator>demart28</dc:creator><description>&lt;p align="left" style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am an experienced graphic designer and lecturer with a sound knowledge and understanding in the field of graphic design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have studied for my degree at &lt;strong&gt;The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow&lt;/strong&gt;, where I gained knowledge across a wide range of graphic design fields and I have strong artistic and technical abilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have worked for a number of advertising agencies and publishing houses, where I have been exposed to all aspects of the related media industries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Since moving to the UK I have worked in a small publishing company - &lt;strong&gt;Kennedyâs Publications Ltd&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;My experience as a graphic designer and lecturer demonstrates my ability to work with others, while meeting the challenges presented to me, including the necessary communication and oral presentation skills â despite English being my second language.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have had a chance to work with, and learn from, some of the best graphic designers in Poland (Gorowski, Pluta).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have the experience and ability to oversee a project from concept to finished product. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have experience of print and web design and have knowledge and experience of preâpress setup.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;My experience working for a leading psychology magazine in Poland, prepared me for working under pressure. I designed many illustrations and covers for CHARAKTERY (psychology magazine). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;I seek to have a clear view and concept from the beginning of the project, using my computer only as a useful tool to achieve the desired results. I am always vigilant not to lose the main idea of a concept.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Every design that I develop must be specific, functional, original and applicable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have excellent knowledge of typography and typesetting and I am highly proficient with&lt;strong&gt; Adobe&lt;span&gt;Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;CS2 Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, In Design, Acrobat and Quark).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;My work has been exhibited at many exhibitions and competitions around a world with excellent feedback. I designed many book covers for well-known publishing agencies in Poland (ZNAK, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;WYDAWNICTWO LITERACKIE)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Recently I returned to photography especially in my poster works and illustrations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I developed my own artistic design language and I arrange my own studio settings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I can work and move between Mac and PC platforms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â·&lt;span&gt;Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is important to me to get inspiration from a wide range of aspects of life including art, nature, literature, cinema and theatre. These impressions make me more creative and flexible in my design work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I believe that my previous experience has enabled me to work effectively and to meet deadlines while remaining focused on the task in hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have an extensive portfolio of work, which I am happy for you to view. Please contact me if you require any further assistance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yours sincerely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Â &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re:  Please Send me the Detailed Experience Letter format for S/W Developer</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SendDetailedExperienceLetterFormat-Developer/gmcmq/post.htm#560880</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:37:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:560880</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><description>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;10 September 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;To Whom it May Concern&lt;span&gt;: &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This is to confirm that &lt;strong&gt;Miss Riya Sharma has&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;been working at &lt;strong&gt;Web Technologies&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Ltd&lt;/strong&gt; since&lt;strong&gt; September&lt;/strong&gt; 2007 as &lt;strong&gt;an Assistant Database Administrator.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;She is a &lt;/strong&gt;permanent &lt;strong&gt;full-time&lt;/strong&gt; employee. In that position, she has been managing a small team of&lt;strong&gt; three&lt;/strong&gt; employees in &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; Database &lt;strong&gt;Department&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;strong&gt;our London office&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Her&lt;/strong&gt; duties and responsibilities are as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1.&lt;strong&gt; Performs&lt;/strong&gt; database administration and maintenance functions in support of production, test and development environments&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;2. Consults with IT staff to gather information about database needs, objectives, functions, and features&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;3.&lt;strong&gt; Determines and implements &lt;/strong&gt;database backup and recovery procedures&lt;strong&gt;,&lt;/strong&gt; including disaster recovery planning&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4.&lt;strong&gt; Works&lt;/strong&gt; with the Data Systems &lt;strong&gt;team&lt;/strong&gt; to provide technical support &lt;strong&gt;for&lt;/strong&gt; all Banner modules, including the testing of software patches and&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;releases&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;5. &lt;strong&gt;Works&lt;/strong&gt; with the Senior Data Systems Administrator and others in the administration of Banner Oracle user security and policies, including fine-grained access&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;6. &lt;strong&gt;Develops and maintains&lt;/strong&gt; reporting mechanisms and tools for both technical and &lt;strong&gt;end-user&lt;/strong&gt; data retrieval and reporting&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;7.&lt;strong&gt; Analyzes, troubleshoots and resolves&lt;/strong&gt; issues related to database tuning, versions, capacity and space management&lt;strong&gt;;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;8. Works closely with the Data Systems team on database design, SQL, PL/SQL tuning, and complex query writing&lt;strong&gt;; and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.&amp;nbsp; Analyzes&lt;/strong&gt; code to find causes of poor performance and recommends solutions for optimization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Miss Sharma&lt;/strong&gt; is a bright and personable individual. She is highly self-motivated and well capable of achieving any goal she sets her mind to. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Her English language proficiency&lt;strong&gt; and&lt;/strong&gt; communication skills&lt;strong&gt; have been of great advantage to&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;us in effectively communicating &lt;/strong&gt;with our&lt;strong&gt; US and &lt;/strong&gt;UK clients.&amp;nbsp; Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information&lt;strong&gt; at [&lt;em&gt;phone number&lt;/em&gt;] or [&lt;em&gt;e-mail address&lt;/em&gt;].&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Y&lt;/span&gt;ours&lt;/strong&gt; sincerely,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Title&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Company&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re:   i want an explanation letter- career in danger please help</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExplanationLetterCareerDanger/gldxl/post.htm#556285</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:36:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556285</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><description>&lt;strong&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All I can do is correct the English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Dear Sir of Madam,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;The purpose of this letter is to explain why I had so many failures in my Undergraduate course, for Bachelor of Technology (in Information Technology).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;One of the main reasons is that I never studied computer science in my life until I entered&amp;nbsp;my college. Until then, I had studied biology. I&amp;nbsp;always aspired to become a doctor, but circumstances&amp;nbsp;changed and then I shifted my mind to Information Technology. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Since that was the first time I started learning the basics of computers and&amp;nbsp;rogramming languages, and&amp;nbsp;also because&amp;nbsp;I could not forget my earlier aspirations, I&amp;nbsp;had to&amp;nbsp;struggle a lot&amp;nbsp;during my first three semesters. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I was not able to perform well in my regular cycle tests and model exams, which were the main contributors for my Internal marks (out of hundred 30 marks for Internals). Indeed, this resulted in 10 arrears until my third semester. Because of low internals, I was unable to pass those papers in my second attempt either, which resulted in another 6 failures in my academic history. Overal, I&amp;nbsp;had 16 arrears up to&amp;nbsp;my third semester. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;The teacher who handled one of the subject s&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in my third semester also handled &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;another subject in my fourth semester,&amp;nbsp;Visual Programming. Due to my past performance, the impression that teacher had of me was not&amp;nbsp;good.&amp;nbsp;In turn, this resulted in a bad internal mark for the subject of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Visual Programming, and that was the toughest paper in my Engineering course.&amp;nbsp;I didnât use a proper reference book for that subject, which resulted in a failing&amp;nbsp;grade. Due to my low internals, I was not able to clear it in my second attemptm either. This in turn contributed another 2 failing grades to my academic profile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;I would like to bring it to your notice that I am a student who should have got just&amp;nbsp;four arrears, which I received in the last four semesters, if I had taken computer science in my school days. Without myambition of becoming a doctor, I would not have received those 18 failing grades up to my fourth semester, which is inclusive of the number of attempts taken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;From my fourth semester, I started focusing on my studies and became an Information Technology aspirant. I became so involved in the studies that I gained&amp;nbsp;bought this interest&amp;nbsp;to pursue my Master&amp;#39;s in the same field. After working on two projects as a part of my curriculum, the thirst for Information Technology grew more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;After completing my course&amp;nbsp;full of interest and enthusiasm, I found that my school studies were tougher than my college studies.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Usually the education cycle in India is that a person who gets 60% percentage in his year 12 will definitely maintain above 75% in his college period. In India&amp;#39;s schools, &amp;nbsp;people have a lot to study. And&amp;nbsp;being a student who&amp;nbsp;got 85% in my school days, I&amp;nbsp;should have received&amp;nbsp;at least 85% in my college studies, which unfortunately I was unable to get because of the reasons I have mentioned above. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;I will guarantee now that&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I will not have any reasons like the above to give in future, if you offer me&amp;nbsp;admittance to your University. II also&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;assure you that I will get &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;A +&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;or 90+ marks in my postgraduate courses if you provide me an opportunity to prove myself in my&amp;nbsp;field of Information technology, because I am involved&amp;nbsp;a lot in Information Technology now and I am so confident that I will be a successful IT professional in my career.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Please encourage me to achieve my goal, since I have already been&amp;nbsp;dejected about my old ambition and&amp;nbsp;I would not be able to take&amp;nbsp;another &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;failure. I hope to achieve my goal in RMIT University. I am requesting you to help me in achieving my goal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Thanking you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Yours sincerely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Raja&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#111111;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good luck.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#111111;"&gt;Clive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>please help me in correcting my explanation letter-very urgent plz</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectingExplanationLetterUrgent/gldld/post.htm#556226</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:26:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556226</guid><dc:creator>rajaelumalai</dc:creator><description>friends I had applied to a masters degree course in an australian university since i have a lot of failures in my under graduate course, the university people had asked for a explanation letter for my failures in under graduate, upon verifying my explanation letter only, they will offer me admission so pls help.&lt;br /&gt;below is the letter i have written pls give suggestion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#8b8b8b;"&gt;&amp;lt;EDITED by mod: Text of the letter deleted because it&amp;#39;s already contained &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExplanationLetterCareerDanger/glcll/post.htm#556215%20"&gt;in the previous post&lt;/a&gt; -- the two threads you created have been merged here. Please don&amp;#39;t post the same content twice. Thanks.&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re:  i want an explanation letter- career in danger please help</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExplanationLetterCareerDanger/gldkj/post.htm#556215</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:07:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:556215</guid><dc:creator>rajaelumalai</dc:creator><description>Hi clive,&lt;br /&gt;I have created a leter, could you help me in correcting any mistakes in the letter... it would be great if you do that...&lt;br /&gt;and here is the letter&lt;br /&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                                                                                                                             &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Chennai&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Respected sir/madam,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;The Purpose of this letter is to show why I have so many failures in my Under Graduate course, Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;One of the main reason I would like to put it here in this letter is, that I never studied computer science in my life time till I joined my college, until then I was studying biology till my year 12. I was always aspired to become a Doctor but situations changed and then I shifted my mind to Information Technology. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Since that was the first time I started learning basics of computer, programming languages and also the fact that I cannot forget my biological aspiration made me to struggle a lot to study during my first three semesters. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I was not able to perform well in my regular cycle tests and Model exams which are the main contributors for my Internal marks (out of hundred 30 marks for Internals) which in deed resulted in 10 arrears till my third semester, because of low internals, I was unable to clear those papers in my second attempt also, which resulted in another 6 failures in my academic history, On the whole I got 16 arrears till my third semester. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;The teacher who handled one of the subject &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in my third semester, also handled &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;another subject in my fourth semester named Visual Programming, due to my past performance and the impression that teacher held over me was not so good. Which in turn resulted in a bad internal marks for the subject &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Visual Programming, and that was the toughest paper in my Engineering course above on that I didnât use a proper reference books for that subject which resulted in a fail grade , due to my low internals I was not able to clear it in my second attempt too. This in turn contributed another 2 fail grades to my academic profile.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;I would like to bring it to your notice that I am a student who should have got just a four arrears which I received in last four semesters, if I had taken computer science in school days and without an ambition of becoming a doctor, I would not have received those 18 fail grades till my fourth semester which is inclusive of the number of attempts taken.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;From my fourth semester I started focusing on my studies and become an Information Technology aspirant. I became so involved in the studies which had bought this interest in me to pursue my Masters in the same field. After working on two projects as a part of my curriculum, the thirst for Information Technology grew more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;After completing my course with full of interest and enthusiasm, I found that my school studies were tougher than my college studies.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Usually the education cycle in India is like a person who gets 60% percentage in his year 12 will definitely maintain above 75% in his college period, in India school people have a lot to study. And am being a student who has got 85% in my school days should have received an at least 85% in my college studies, which unfortunately I was unable to get because of the reasons I have mentioned above. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I will guarantee now that&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I will not have any reasons like above to give in future, if you offer me an admit in your University and I also&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;assure that I will get &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;A +&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;or 90+ marks in my Post Graduate course if you provide me an opportunity to prove myself in my aspired Field Information technology. Because I am indulged a lot in Information Technology now and I am so confident that I will be a successful IT professional in my career.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Please encourage me to achieve my goal, since I was already dejected with my old ambition, I would not be able to take up another &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;failure. I hope to achieve my goal in RMIT University. I am requesting you to help me in achieving my goal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;Thanking you&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;Yours sincerely&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;Raja&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="text-align:center;" align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: New Cheque Book</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/NewChequeBook/gkddm/post.htm#551186</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:20:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:551186</guid><dc:creator>Clive</dc:creator><description>Hi,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#39;s how I would write this letter, in Canada. ( Maybe in India, people do things differently. )&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Put your mailing address in the top right corner, and put the date below it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now put the address of the Bank on the left, just below the level of the line you put the date on.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Then write the rest of the letter.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:#0000bf;"&gt;Dear Sir,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Please&amp;nbsp;send me a new&amp;nbsp;cheque book. My SBI account number is 123456789.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thank you very much for your assistance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tallapally Sudheer Patel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Print your name like this, and then sign your name above it) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best wishes, Clive</description></item><item><title>Re: Application letter for vacation</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApplicationLetterVacation/gjqkr/post.htm#550137</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:36:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:550137</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your date numbers are wrong.&amp;nbsp; I have guessed at the right ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therese N. N&lt;br /&gt;PDNA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The&lt;/strong&gt; Director&lt;br /&gt;PDNA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear &lt;strong&gt;Mr [&lt;em&gt;surname&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;APPLICATION&lt;/strong&gt; FOR VACATION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With due respect, I hereby apply for three weeks&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;vacation from July 30th through August 21st&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;This&lt;/strong&gt; is to permit me &lt;strong&gt;to&lt;/strong&gt; travel for &lt;strong&gt;pressing personal matters&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you&lt;/strong&gt; for you&lt;strong&gt;r consideration.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N.N</description></item><item><title>Re: Best regards, Kind regards, or Yours sincerely, - which is correct</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRegardsRegardsYoursSincerely-Correct/10/gvwwb/Post.htm#523227</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:51:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:523227</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yours sincerely and Yours faithfully&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the UK, traditional valedictions have been mainly replaced by &amp;quot;Yours sincerely&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Yours faithfully&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Do not paste and copy lengthy material without citing references-- MM)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a id="I_have_the_honour_to_remain.2C_Madam.2C_Your_Majesty.27s_most_humble_and_obedient_servant" name="I_have_the_honour_to_remain.2C_Madam.2C_Your_Majesty.27s_most_humble_and_obedient_servant"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;I personally feel that Kind Regards or Best Regards sounds cold and distant.&amp;nbsp; Yours Truely.....or anything starting out with YOURS is to personal. A simple Thank You is warm, professional, and friendly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Petyon/ HR Manager&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;</description></item><item><title>College Motivation Letter... MountainHiker, you still on here?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CollegeMotivationLetterMountainhiker-Still/gcwdw/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:33:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:513323</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>Hi all!

I have written this to the best of my ability. I&amp;#39;m pretty secure about the language part, as I&amp;#39;m bilingual, but it&amp;#39;s the culture part that I want to check works. Some stuff I need to put in there, like the reason for the GPA - it&amp;#39;s part letter, part appeal. But, this is my question, does it come off as too smarmy, too corny, too vague, disorganized, paragraphs need switching around? I just really liked what Hiker said to some other people n here - I have tried to follow the question checklists s/he posted

&amp;quot;(Introduction (very quick points) 
1a) Who you are 
1b) What you want to do 
1c) Why do you want to do it 
1d) What do you want from them 

2) Detailed background 
2a) Expand on who you are 

3) Detailed background 
3a) Expand on what you want to do and why you want to do it 

4) Summary 
4a) Summarize what you have told them 
4b) Thank them for considering your application&amp;quot; 

and the list for another poster

&amp;quot;1) You have a Communication Science degree 
2) You want to obtain a Masters Degree in European Comparative Public Policy 
3) You want to study at University of Essex 
4) You have a passion for European Comparative Public Policy 
5) You want to do what or influence what once you are done?&amp;quot;

This is an online... ookay, off to edit *edits* *returns* ...online college offering a Liberal Arts MA. Fort Hays State University.

And this is my letter:


As an immigrant from Egypt with a BA in English literature, including comparative and cultural studies, a background in consciousness-raising work and gender activism, and a lifelong dream of a career conveying these concepts to others and inspiring them to make a difference, I respectfully seek acceptance at your Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program.

Culture, critical thinking, history, and social analysis have been the most important fields of study (formal and otherwise) in my life for as long as I can remember. My mission since graduation has been to analyze and question accepted ways of doing things, including sexuality, the monolithic nature of official discourse, and the mainstreaming of the Arabic language and Islam while eroding indigenous tongues and other religions in my native Egypt. As an aficionado of historical narrative, especially that of my native region, the Middle East, and a keen observer of the unseen social currents of religious and gender politics, and cultural norms, mores and values, I have devoted myself to exploring what lies beneath the surface and is visible through the &amp;#39;iceberg&amp;#39; model of culture. To this end, I have read over 150 books on history, culture, religion, politics and sexuality, among others, mostly about Arab culture. I already am teaching Middle Eastern culture and history at a small language school. The reaction I have received has made me eager to become qualified for a better teaching position in the field of culture/comparative studies. There is so much work to be done in this area to make people truly aware! However, I sense that before being qualified to do this, I am in need of a more thorough academic grounding in epistemology, anthropology and the science of critical thinking skills, as well as in the broader areas of culture and human knowledge, including cross-disciplinary studies and research on cultures outside the mainstream. I am confident that these fields are jut what I need to formalize the learning imparted by my sometimes tumultuous social-political personal experience.

While the English Department of Cairo University, where I earned my BA, was a liberal oasis (my majors included Comparative Literature, Civilization and feminist criticism), I later found many of my fellow-Arabs were resistant to a liberal outlook. At that time, the newspapers were abuzz with news of the &amp;#39;Satanist cult&amp;#39;: trumped-up charges (later dismissed by judges as a total fabrication) brought by powerful police officials against American University boys and girls, arrested for wearing black and listening to heavy metal, tortured into confessing crimes they never committed. I became more and more frustrated as people kept telling me, &amp;quot;The newspapers say it; it must be true.&amp;quot; For these people, the appearance of difference, and condemnation by the mainstream media, was enough to condemn these unfortunate young people whose only crime had been to assert some individuality and deviate from social norms. 

The issue became even more complicated and interesting when a number of Europeans I worked with, in a well-intentioned quest for &amp;#39;cultural sensitivity&amp;#39;, ended up with a prescriptive and restrictive definition of Middle Eastern culture: &amp;quot;No, no, boys shouldn&amp;#39;t take Home Economics classes. We understand your culture.&amp;quot; I preferred to view norms, mores, and values as separate entities and not succumb to the Orientalist view that, lumped together, unchanging and unchangeable, they constituted a monolithic &amp;#39;culture&amp;#39;. Some of the other questions I asked myself were: What is collective memory? Can one find a descriptive, rather than prescriptive, model of culture? How far does respect for difference erode the rights of the dissenting individual in a collective culture? These are questions whose answers I hope to seek in your program.

In 2001, my interest in sexual/religious difference took on a more overtly political nature with the Queen Boat case, where 52 gay men were arrested on trumped-up charges of, yes, Satanism. Unable to stand it any longer, I started a campaign to pressure legal organizations to give them representation in court (&amp;quot;But they&amp;#39;re fags! Why represent them?&amp;quot;) and alert international human rights organizations to the issue. This had some success; however, it became clear that I was next in line for arrest, and finally I sought political asylum in the U.S. Since coming here, I have studied cinema (earning an associate degree with a 3.8 GPA) made a film on the subject, and am currently preparing a documentary on the veil.

In addition to your academic program, which seems to offer a roadmap to the answers for many of my questions, your university is ideal for me in that you offer a course to be taken completely online. This is beyond convenient for me, as I am busy with work and  have found that commuting time cuts into my study hours; I would also find it impossible to relocate to Kansas at this time. Also, in an age where education can be, literally, a forbidding expense, my gratitude knows no bounds for your efforts to provide a quality education at a price I can actually afford.

I feel it is pertinent here to mention that, just before the exams of my last year at university, I was among a group of students who were holding a peaceful demonstration against the interference of the secret police in student affairs, including sabotaging student union elections. The secret police pelted us with tear gas grenades and rubber bullets; I was unlucky, and had to be carried out of the university with a broken nose and upper respiratory inflammation. When exam time came round, I was not yet recovered (Egyptian universities base the entire grade on one final exam, not on coursework) but made an effort to come to exams and ultimately managed to pass all my tests. However, while my GPA in previous years was significantly higher, as you can see from my transcript, I was unable to make the minimum 2.5 GPA required for the last 60 hours of undergraduate study. This rather lengthy and tedious explanation precedes, as you may be expecting, an urgent and very heartfelt plea that you not allow this unfortunate occurrence to stand in the way of my chances for learning and the ultimate fulfillment of my life&amp;#39;s dream. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Your university represents a dream to me, not least thanks to the convenience and cost, which means that the dream is finally within my grasp. It is my dearest hope to become a student at the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, thereby gaining an invaluable academic grounding and ideological framework and positively influencing others thereby. If accepted, I pledge to apply myself to my studies diligently, and never give you cause to doubt the wisdom if your decision.

Allow me to thank you, again, for considering my application.

Yours sincerely</description></item></channel></rss>