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Sat 5 Jan, 2008 01:39 am
How to write a reservation letter for this lecture?
The British council will organise a lecture in Beijing.Details as follows:
Lecture: Talk on A Century of Olympic Games
To go with the exhibition of A Century of Olympics Games, we(British Council in China) will organise a lecture at the Capital Museum, given by Ms Beth McKillop, Director of Collections and Keeper of the Asian Department, Victoria & Albert Museum.
Speaker: Beth McKillop (UK)
Time: 2-4pm Tue 15 January 2008
Venue: Room A, Basement, Capital Museum
Reservation and attendance:
To reserve, please reply to this email before Tue 8 Jan 2008
This is an invitation only lecture. We'll send out the invitation after 8 Jan
With the invitation, audiences would have a privilege of seeing the exhibition free of charge following the talk (invitation is only valid for this purpose that afternoon)
It's not a letter, it's an e-mail. No need to be formal or worry too much. This is not an English test. Emails need not be too wordy. If the invitation is to be posted to you, maybe you need to include your address?
Quote:Subject: presumably you are replying to their e-mail so the subject is Re: [Their subject]
I am replying to your email about the lecture by Beth McKillop on 15 January at the Capital Museum. I would like to receive an invitation, and I would be very grateful to be considered for one.
William Wen
[Your address]
WILLLIAM -
Just to be sure . . .
Are YOU responding to this invitation?
OR
do you want to know how to write an invitation that requires an RSVP?
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If you are responding to the invitation, simply say.
Please reserve one (two? three?) places for the Jan. 15, 2008 lecture by Ms. Killop for (your name and address). I look forward to receiving the invitation in the mail.
Sullyfish, is English your first language?
Yes - and your point is?
Stop being so passive aggressive in your posts. If you disagree, then say that, and give the reasons. No need to act like the disapproving parent.
I know that William's is trying his best - AND he deserves ALL the responses from ALL over the world to his inquiries.
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SULLYFISH66 wrote:Yes - and your point is?
It seems very clear to me that William has had an email from the British Council about a lecture (he quotes it) and wishes to know how to reply. Since it did not seem clear to you, I wondered if you had comprehension difficulties. Maybe William will clarify for us both?
Sorry if you don't like my attitude.
The invitation is not wll written. There are grammatical errors.
I thought William may have written the invitation and was asking "how to write a reservation letter for this lecture."
William?????
SULLYFISH66 wrote:The invitation is not wll written. There are grammatical errors.
I thought William may have written the invitation and was asking "how to write a reservation letter for this lecture."
William?????
I agree, but the rules are not always adhered to strictly for e-mails.
Well,it's my fault.I didn't express my intention clearly.
I just want to attend that lecture and send British council an email to reserve a seat.
I hope anyone could teach me to write such a email in proper form in case of commiting some mistake in expression.
It's not entirely clear from the ad whether the invitation will be forwarded to you by email or by post.
I'd probably use a variant of SullyFish's approach.
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Please reserve (# of tickets you want) ticket(s) for the January 15, 2008 lecture by Beth McKillop.
I look forward to receiving the invitation.
Thank you,
William Wen
email address
postal address
I registered at the website of British Council in China
http://www.uk.cn some days ago.On this Friday they sent me an e-mail entitled British Council Arts E-Newsletter (January 2008).
I am interested in a lecture so I want to reserve a seat.Perhaps the British council will sent me a Sequence ID which I should offer to the organiger when attending.
How to write a reservation letter for this lecture?
How about the request . . . ?
Please help me to write a response email to this invitation.
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