Download Letter to the Editor About a Health Article
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- Level
- C1
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- Worksheet (PDF)
- Updated
- 24 Sep 2026
Example Letter
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing in response to the article about health published in Tuesday's edition of The Evening Herald. I feel sure that I am not alone in finding this article objectionable.
Firstly, the article completely failed to present a balanced viewpoint about modern health issues. While concentrating on orthodox
medicine, it completely fails to mention the benefits of alternative medicine or maintaining a healthy lifestyle, both of which offer many more advantages than conventional medicine and have fewer side effects.
Furthermore, the message conveyed by the article was totally unacceptable. The article suggests that a healthy lifestyle is unimportant, as medical science can cure all ailments. This is hardly an ideal way to live. Surely people should try to prevent disease rather than wait for it to be cured. Instead of dealing with stress when we are suffering, for example, we should be avoiding stress in the first place.
I must insist thatyou print a more balanced article in your next issue, in addition to an apology to readers who, like myself, believe in healthy living.
Yours faithfully, Carol Winters
Letter to the Editor About a Health Article – C1 Sample
A formal letter of complaint to a newspaper. The writer, Carol Winters, objects to an article in The Evening Herald that praises conventional medicine but ignores alternative medicine and a healthy lifestyle, and asks the paper to print a more balanced article and an apology.
What to notice
- Opening – the reason for writing in one sentence: I am writing in response to the article about health published in…
- Two arguments, each in its own paragraph, introduced by Firstly and Furthermore.
- Strong but polite language – objectionable, totally unacceptable, This is hardly an ideal way to live.
- A clear demand at the end – I must insist that you print… – and Yours faithfully after Dear Sir/Madam.
A C1 model for exam-style complaint and opinion letters. The full text is on this page and in the PDF. How to plan a letter like this is explained in Letter to the Editor: How to Write It, and four more samples are in Letter to the Editor Samples.
