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Model answer Dear Gury, Just to let you that I'm arriving in Geneva on 12 November at 11pm local time. Could you meet me at the airport? Looking forward to seeing you Many thanks Jessica

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Dear Gury,


Just to let you know that I'm arriving in Geneva on 12 November at 11 p.m. local time.


Could Would you meet me at the airport?


Looking forward to seeing you.


Many thanks


Jessica

 

Most of my corrections are pedantic. There would have been no doubt about the meaning of your message. There is a subtle difference between "would you" and "could you" just as there is between "will you" and "can you". As I said though, this is really pedantic.

 

Dates are written differently in American and British English, you've used an abbreviated British version. Times are written differently in the two versions of English too. So 11.00 p.m. British and 11:00 PM American. The 24 hour clock is often used in transport and military contexts in both countries so 23:00. If there might be any ambiguity about time zone like in your message you could add the abbreviation for the timezone afterwards: 23:00 CET but local time as you worte is fine. Whenever I'm confirming travel plans, I tend to prefer this 24 hour format with timezone. Getting into the habit of that eliminates the possibility of any misunderstanding.

 

 

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I wil do a try :)  :

 

Model answer

Dear Gury,
Just to let you know that I'm arriving in Geneva on November 12 th,  at 11pm local time.
Could you meet me at the airport?
Looking forward to seeing you
Many thanks
Jessica

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