You successfully passed a job interview. You are expected to start on November 15, but you will not be available on that date.
Task: Write a letter to your new boss, explaining your situation, expressing your concern and suggesting solutions.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to inform you that I will not able start my job on November 15. However In my interview I said this time was perfect to me.
The reason that I cannot start my job is my mother. Unfortunately, my mother had a bad accident last night, and she is in hospital right now. I am very worry about her and prefer I go to hospital and tack care of her. Beside I have to take care of my little brother and do housewife duty during time that my mother will stay in hospital.
I will very appreciate you if you understand my situation and let me to start my job on December 15. Also during this time I can do my job at home through the Internet. I can e-mail my report
Once again, I am sorry for inconvenience you and thank you for your understanding.
Yours faithfully,
Mari
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 6.5 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 10 15
No. of Words: 149 200
No. of Characters: 589 900
No. of Different Words: 85 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.494 4.7
Average Word Length: 3.953 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.45 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 33 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 20 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 15 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 8 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 14.9 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 4.742 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.3 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.501 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.7 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.255 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4