Email Writing:

How to Refer to Attachments

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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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I have attached X.

I have attached the sales

figures you requested.

Ive 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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...the attached X...

verbs

Could you please sign and return

the attached form by 25
March?
noun group

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.
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X is/are attached

singular

The Expansion 2020 Report is

attached.
The figures you were after are
attached.

plural

Highlights the attachment/file by putting it first.

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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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Please find attached X.

Please find attached my current

CV.

Please find attached Leons

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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