Formal letter: give a waiver

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if you found the following sentence correct and natural? [from a book of FORMAL LETTERS by an Indian author]

[Mister Micawber]

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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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[Tom]

Thanks Mr. Micawber

So the sentence is grammatically correct????

Tom

[Mister Micawber]

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Yes. Commencing is misspelled.
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[Tom]

[Barb_D]

Mr. M. is indeed a native speaker. Do you want it to sound "American" with our customary brusqueness?
Yes, grant a waiver, or be granted a waiver, are standard phrases.

[Tom]

Apparently I could not get my message across, Barbara.

Sorry! Please see my original.

[Mister Micawber]

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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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