A friend who lives in a different city has invited you to his/her daughter's 8th birthday. However, you can not accept the invitation due to some personal reasons. Write a letter to this friend. In your letter: thank him for the invitation mention why you can not attend the birthday party offer to meet him some other day Write at least 150 words.

Dear Wilson, It was great to hear from you and I’m really surprised that Diana has already turned
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8. It sounds as if she has grown so fast. I wish her a happy
birthday
and thank you for inviting me to
this
special occasion. I would love to be at Diana's
birthday
party but I’m terribly sorry that I can not make it due to some deadlines at my office
next
week. The problem is that I’ve been promoted to the assistant manager position a few months ago and the work pressure has skyrocketed since
then
. The office management has assured me that I will be given an assistant soon but until that happens, I will hardly have time to spend for
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. Perhaps I can visit you sometime
next
summer when I hope I will stay with you for a couple of days. Please share some
birthday
photos on Facebook so that I get a glimpse of the celebration. I owe Diana a
birthday
gift. Anyway, I must finish today. So thanks once again for your kind invitation and I do hope that we can get together sometime in the summer. Warm wishes, Harris
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

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Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

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  • moreover
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