Hi teachers, please tell me which of the following are correct?
1. I have attached the article for my presentation.
2. I have attached the article I will be presenting on.
3. Please find the attached article for my presentation.
4. Please find attached the article for my presentation.
5. Please find attached a copy of the article for my presentation.
1. I have attached the article for my presentation.
2. I have attached the article I will be presenting on.
3. Please find the attached article for my presentation.
4. Please find attached the article for my presentation.
5. Please find attached a copy of the article for my presentation.
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Comments
"Please find attached" or "please find enclosed" is a correct but awkward phrase used exclusively for correspondence. It should not be split.
By splitting it in #3, it sounds like a request for the reader to go searching for the article, similar to "please find my lost dog."
2. I have attached the article I will be presenting on. No.
3. Please find the attached article for my presentation.
4. Please find attached the article for my presentation.
5. Please find attached a copy of the article for my presentation.
Numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5 are quite awkward.
I prefer this:
My presentation is based on the attached article.
If I am sending a message to a teacher, should I use what you prefer? I feel that the examples I wrote would also work. Do you think they are awkward in the case of sending a message to a teacher?
That said, if your teachers use this phrase commonly it would not be inappropriate to use it yourself, even if it is clumsy.
American English is much more direct and to the point. In a business email I would not ask someone to "find" an attachment as if it took some effort to do so, or was somehow "lost" in the system.
An attachment is usually pretty obvious in any reasonable Email system. You don't even have to read the email to know that there is a document or photo attached.
For example, If he requested for a specific article, sendind a completed assignment, or a document/article that my presentation is based on.
Also, just curious, why is this sentence wrong: I have attached the article that I will be talking about/presenting on. Is this sentence grammaticaly wrong?