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A formal letter Dear Sr. Adams. I´m writing You to express my dissatisfation with the hotel service. I and my family went tonight to our room and it was a mess. It wasn´t clean and it was disordely. I said by telephon that we need an additional bed, but it wasn´t here. We had to get to another hotel. So, I demand to return our money because we didn´t sleep in this room. Yours faithfully.
Nov 30, 2015 4:17 PM
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A Formal Letter

Dear Mr. Adams -*
I´m {I am} writing You to express my dissatisfation with the hotel service. I and Tonight, my family and I** went***  tonight to our room and it was a mess. It wasn´t {was not} clean and it was disorderly. I had said {better=indicated, mentioned} by telephone that we would need an additional bed, but it wasn´t {was not} there. We had to get to another hotel. SoTherefore, I demand that to return our money be returned {better "refunded"} because we didn´t {did not} sleep in this room.
Yours faithfully.

 

In business correspondence, we avoid using contractions as much as possible because it sounds informal, so it's better to say "I am", "it was", "was not", etc.

 

*"Dear" somes across as a bit informal for a business email or letter. We usually just say the person's name, or write "To whom it may concern"

 

**In English, we normally reference ourselves last.

 

***I think you mean "checked into our room" here, i.e., it was the first time you saw your hotel room.

November 30, 2015
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A formal letter

 

Dear Mr. Adams.


I am writing to you to express my dissatisfation with the hotel service. When my family and I checked into our room tonight,  it was a mess. It was not clean and was untidy. I had explained by telephone that we needed an additional bed, but it was not there. We had to go to another hotel, so, I am requesting that you return our money because we did not sleep/stay in this room.


Yours faithfully.

 

Avoid contractions isn't, wasn't, etc.) in formal writing.  :>)

November 30, 2015

A formal letter

Dear Sr.(Mr.?) Adams,


I´m writing (to you)[not needed] to express my dissatisfation with the hotel service. My family and I ("I", "We" always at the end. E.g., He and I went to the fair.) went to our room tonight [last night... tonight usually indicates the night that is yet to come], and it was a mess. It wasn´t clean (avoid negatives. Use: was unclean) and disorderly. I [mentioned on - better phrase] telephone that we would need an additional bed, but it wasn´t here(better: provided). We had to find another hotel. So (better: In this light / In view of this incident), I demand that you refund our money [ because we didn´t sleep in your room - redundant, not needed]

Yours faithfully.

November 30, 2015
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