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Grant a waiver sounds reasonable. Indian English is more overtly polite in tone than BrE or AmE, and therefore often sounds overdone to Western ears.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jun 05, 2006 14:14 pm Formal letter: give a waiver |
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Thanks Mr. Micawber
So the sentence is grammatically correct????
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 05, 2006 23:30 pm Formal letter: give a waiver |
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Yes. Commencing is misspelled.
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 17:26 pm Formal letter: give a waiver |
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| Grant a waiver sounds reasonable. Indian English is more overtly polite in tone than BrE or AmE, and therefore often sounds overdone to Western ears. |
Could I request a native speaker to write it for me?
Is grant a waiver a set phrase?
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Oct 28, 2008 21:45 pm Formal letter: give a waiver |
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Mr. M. is indeed a native speaker. Do you want it to sound "American" with our customary brusqueness?
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:08 am Formal letter: give a waiver |
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Apparently I could not get my message across, Barbara.
Sorry! Please see my original.
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| " This is to kindly request you to grant me a waiver from the IT course being offered by your esteemed institution, commensing today." |
MM's take:
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| Indian English is more overtly polite in tone than BrE or AmE, and therefore often sounds overdone to Western ears. |
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My request:
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| Could I request a native speaker to write it for me? |
I just want to know how a native speaker would write it.
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:11 am Formal letter: give a waiver |
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One way I might write it:
This is to request a waiver from your IT course as of 29 October.
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