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Read the following letter from Rohani, a Malaysian student, to an American friend. they met when the American girl was touring Malaysia. Help Rohani to rewrite her letter so that it is in Standard English for her friend to read. There are fifteen errors in the letter.

     
    Dear Amy

I was so pleased to get your letter. It seems so long since you returned back to the U.S.A. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Malaysia and remember our beautiful sceneries. In your letter you mentioned about my coming to see you in Nebraska one day. Well, I would love to come but I need to save up money first. Just think of the cost of buying all the warm clothings !

You asked about my studies. Well, I'm just about managing to cope up but I do have problems with certain subjects. Last week, one of the staffs in the Psychology Department suggested I drop a couple of subjects. It was nice of her to give me an advice but I really don't think I should drop subjects so late in the semester.

We had some bad luck in the family last week. Remember Rosman, my youngest brother ? You know, the one who is still schooling. Well, he had a nasty accident. He was walking home from school in the rain when he heard a car horning and a screeching of brakes. The next thing he knew he had been warded with a broken leg and cuts and bruises. All he can remember is that the car was green in color. Anyway, he is out of hospital now and smiling from ear to ear because he won't have to do homeworks for another week or two.

I was sorry to hear you had some bad luck too on your journey home. Thank goodness you didn't lose all your baggages. At least you can claim compensation ! What bad luck that the jewelries you ought in Singapore happened to be in that particular case. I'll have to finish now, Amy, because Mother is calling me. It's my turn to do the marketing.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes

Rohani

     

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    Dear Amy

I was so pleased to get your letter. It seems so long since you returned back to the U.S.A. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay in Malaysia and remember our beautiful scenery. In your letter you mentioned about my coming to see you in Nebraska one day. Well, I would love to come but I need to save up money first. Just think of the cost of buying all the warm clothing OR clothes !

You asked about my studies. Well, I'm just about managing to cope up but I do have problems with certain subjects. Last week, one of the staffs in the Psychology Department suggested I drop a couple of subjects. It was nice of her to give me some / a piece of advice but I really don't think I should drop subjects so late in the semester.

We had some bad luck in the family last week. Remember Rosman, my youngest brother ? You know, the one who is still at school. Well, he had a nasty accident. He was walking home from school in the rain when he heard a car sound its horn ( hooting ) and a screeching of brakes. The next thing he knew he had been admitted to hospital with a broken leg and cuts and bruises. All he can remember is that the car was green in color. Anyway, he is out of hospital now and smiling from ear to ear because he won't have to do homework for another week or two.

I was sorry to hear you had some bad luck too on your journey home. Thank goodness you didn't lose all your baggage. At least you can claim compensation ! What bad luck that the jewelry you ought in Singapore happened to be in that particular case. I'll have to finish now, Amy, because Mother is calling me. It's my turn to go to the market.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes

Rohani

     
 
 
 

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