dear kate:
excuse me for my long delaying in returning to you your “robinson crusoe” which i read through with great interest. i had finished reading the book and was about to return it when my cousin came to see me. never having seen the book, she was so interested in it that i had to retain it longer. however, i hope that in view of the additional delight thus afforded by your book, you will overlook my negligence in not returning it sooner.
thanking you again for the loan.
sincerely yours,
tom
X年XX月XX日
Dear Judy,
I’m writing the letter for the purpose of making a sincere apology to you for my carelessness. When I arrived home, I found I had forgotten to return the music CD that you lent me. I fell awfully sorry for this. As I understand this CD is one of your favorites, I’ll try my best to send it back as soon as possible.
Please accept my heartfelt apology. I genuinely hope you can forgive me for my carelessness.
Yours truly,
Li Ming
Dear Tom,
I am afraid that I cannot pick you up at the airport tonight, and I’m really sorry for not doing as what I promised. I know there is no excuse for my fault, but I hope that after I tell you the reason, you can forgive me once.
The new boss of my company urgently called all of the staffs together to have a meeting tonight, no one can ask for leaving. So I cannot get out of our company at the time when you arrive in our city.
To make you smoothly get back to your hotel, I rent a taxi to pick you up, so please just wait for the call from the taxi driver, and we will meet each other tomorrow morning.
Sincerely yours,
Mary