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Use different connectors and adverbs to add interest, Give the gig a star rating, After ‘Show your writing to a classmate. Did he / she want to go after reading your review? |=ee J sa your ad on won spirtuaannatancom and appreciate yee couid tell mea ite bit more about your work. tm a 30-year-od divorced lanyer an | ne in downtown Manet an ve been out of work forfour long years and, for some strange rargon ean find a nob. suspect it's some sot of situa problem. YouSse=, Ne been to eight aitferentfortune-tellers, but none of them could help me. You are my last hope Here's wat ike to know: ‘in your ad you si youre an astolge. Can you tl met youustastiggy AT readings 10? Faas osal tere arco teesin yor amy. Doyoutrkyeu cnet TET bout your fortune-teling background? |, 3. Could you tell me what your rates re? Both monic (which are less expensive, corect?) and afternoons. 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D Re-write 1-4 in the opposite style, 1 Lam very sBrry to heat abSut your dilemma, 2 Ast, talk 2 her “bout it b4 its 2 late. 3 want 2 help u more.but can't 4 if were you, I'd persuadé your fiend to discuss his problems.s=\'« auocl yy Pees\t e E Your turn! Choose to write a formal or informal reply to this problem in 80-120 words. Before |r oie ino ito ug While Use features of the style you have chosen and use Write it Right! as a checklist. After ‘Send your response to your classmates. Read theirs ‘and choose your favorite, | 153