Discussion posts for online forums and tactful formal e-mails at work and university.

Complaint about a course cancelled at short notice – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Asking for a deadline extension due to illness in the family – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Setting the record straight on who wrote a concept – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Politely turning down a promotion in another city – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Asking for a recommendation letter for a scholarship – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Condolences ahead of a contract renewal meeting – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Asking for an interim solution for a delayed residence permit – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Raising team overload caused by a major new client – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Requesting shorter hours to care for your father – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Requesting to review a failed exam – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Complaint about catering failures at a company anniversary – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Apologising for a wrong sales figure – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Requesting training leave for a seminar during a busy project – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Cancelling a conference talk due to a business trip – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.

Appealing a rejected recognition of a course taken abroad – E-mail, approx. 120 words, 25 min.