Learn English – “Please Find Attached or “Please Find Enclosed” in a formal email

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In email writing, when we are attaching any document, what is the correct, formal and more polite way to write:

Please find attached "Monthly status report" PDF for your reference.
Please find enclosed "Monthly status report" PDF for your reference.

Also, should we write the name of the file attached with format ect .ppt, .pdf, .docx? Sometimes I use PFA … Is it correct?

Best Answer

Please find attached "Monthly status report" PDF for your reference

would be appropriate; you cannot enclose anything in an email because they don't have envelopes.

However (in my opinion) a more formal phrasing would be something like

Please find the pdf "Monthly status report" attached for your reference

or, shortly put

Please find the file attached for your reference.

if it is clear what 'the file' is referring to beforehand.

Quick note of abbreviations: if the recipient has used it before in the same context, it's probably OK for you to use it, although it's better to err on the side of formality, especially when talking to a superior.

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