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Complete the Following Statement. When She Finished College, Santosh Had to Write a Letter of Apology to Her Father Because _________

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Complete the following statement.

 When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because _________

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Solution

When she finished college, Santosh had to write a letter of apology to her father because she had got herself enrolled at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering without his permission.

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