I am a contracts engineer working in the construction industry in the Middle East. A part of my job description is to manage official correspondence with the client. I am not a native English speaker, but I think I do have a fair sense of language.
I often come across the following concluding line:
"You are hereby kindly requested to provide with us the missing equipment…"
I am aware that "You are kindly requested" is a polite way of asking but I personally think kindly had better be used for the addressee, as in "you are requested to kindly provide us…"
Secondly, I think "…provide us with" is correct and "provide with us" is lame. I need an expert opinion.
I would request that you kindly reply to this post only if you are sure of the answer by experience or qualification.
Best Answer
Yes; flowery politeness. The type of padding that is common in corporate correspondence. It's fine though.
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"you are requested to kindly provide" is not, IMO, a good choice. It is better as is. The asker is stating that they are 'kindly requesting' (which is polite). The suggested edit is asking the receiver to provide, kindly - to provide something in a kind way. The original text may be overly polite, but the suggested edit is condescending, which is not what you want.
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Yes, "provide us with" is correct. "provide with us" is a non-standard construction.
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American, native speaker, writer/editor, business person.