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also arranged his meeting with Data Link for June 17th. Say you’ll see him next week,
send your regards and sign the message from “ Janet Jeffries”.

     b) Information for group 2.
     Use this information to answer your partner. You are Mr Nakagawa. Write a fax
or telex to Janet Jeffries changing your flight arrangements. Apologize and tell her
you must change your plans. You are now arriving on June 15th , not June 16th . Your
new flight number is BAOO18 and you expect to arrive at 18.55, Terminal 4,
Heathrow. Ask her to change the meeting with Data Link to June 16th . ( You need to
know if she can’t.) Say thank you, send your regards and sign the message from
“Masahiro Nakasawa”.

      5.3 Telegrams and cables

    5.3.1 The word telegram and telegraph are usually associated with internal
communication, while cable generally refers to overseas messages.

    Telegram is a noun and telegraph can be used as a verb or adjective:
    We received your telegram.
    Please telegraph your reply.
    A telegraph line.
    Cable can be used as a verb, noun, or adjective:
    I cabled him yesterday.
    Please send a cable.
    We received a cable message.

       5.3.2 Telegrams are very laconic because they are more expensive than
telexes and faxes. Telegrams consist of the following parts:
     - telegraphic address of the receiver
      - major text
      - telegraphic address of the sender

      5.3.3 Articles, pronouns, prepositions and other auxiliary words are
omitted in telegrams, for example:

     OVERLAYD BIRMINGHAM
     DO NOT REPEAT NOT PAY ORDER 258 STOP
     LETTER FOLLOWS
     CHABANK

      5.3.3.1 Specimen telegram

     Quotation of shipping rates
     Here is a reply to an exporter from a shipping company telling him that a vessel
is available and quoting rates.
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