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Table 5 Scoring rubric for business apology letters (minor points)

From: A comparative study of the effect of teacher’s group and individual feedback on Iranian EFL learners’ learning of speech acts in apology letter writing

Tips

Useful expressions for starting the letter: on the be halt of … /we at …

Say you are sorry

Ask for reader to accept your apology

Summarize what happened

Offer remedies

Only blame yourself

Don’t use the common “sorry, but” formula