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Old October 03, 2014, 01:13 AM
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Polite letter writing

Are my sentences polite and do they befit the style that should be adopted by a student when he writes to a teacher?

Dear Prof L,

Thank you for nominating me leader of a mentor group. I appreciate it. But the problem I have is, I do not know those in my group very well, so I hope to hand over/shift the responsibility of so difficult a task to others, who would definitely be more competent than I am. I apologise for causing all the trouble. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Paul Auster
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Your sentences are indeed polite. Using 'suit' would be better than 'befit'.

Surrender the responsibility
Hand over the responsibility
Turn over the responsibility
Abdicate the responsibility


There should not be a comma after 'others'.
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Old October 05, 2014, 09:20 AM
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