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[Sina]

Can I write the sentence as follows: The present letter written by XX does show us the letter's author in her current condition having lost her husband by a bomb attack and laying right now in hospital on account of losing a foot.

[notajuliet]

I would write, "The present letter written by XX from a hospital does show the author in her current condition- after losing both her foot and her husband to a bomb."

I dunno, anybody?

[Sina]

thanks , but can I write "the letter's author"...It sounds strange though it has to be right, hasn't it?

[bud]

Right on both accounts - a bit unusual, but correct!