1. Email Writing:
How to Refer to Attachments
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2. 5 Phrases for Referring
to Attachments
1. I have attached X.
2. ... the attached X...
3. ...X is/are attached.
4. Attached you will find X.
5. Please find attached X.
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3. I have attached X.
•I have attached the sales
figures you requested.
•I’ve attached the spreadsheet
with all the London area client
contact details.
Highlights ‘I’ and uses the present perfect tense
for past action with present effect.
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4. ...the attached X...
•Could you please sign and return
the attached form by 25
March?
With this phrase, we can do more than just say
“There is an attachment”.
Here,‘attached’ is part of a noun group - so this
‘phrase’ is efficient (concise) and flexible.
Different verbs can be used upon the noun.
noun group
verbsverbs
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5. X is/are attached
•The Expansion 2020 Report is
attached.
•The figures you were after are
attached.
Highlights the attachment/file by putting it first.
plural
singular
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6. Attached you will find X...
•Attached you will find the
product brochure you requested.
•Attached you will find all the
information you will need to apply
for the position.
Highlights that something is ‘attached’.
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7. Please find attached X.
•Please find attached my current
CV.
•Please find attached Leon’s
proposal to open a new store.
‘Please’ adds politeness to this imperative (command)
but if you need to be very polite, use another phrase.
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