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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

attach / have attached

0Hey Pa,02br
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001. I have attached my e-air ticket and trip itinerary in this email for your information.02br
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002. I attach my e-air ticket and trip itinerary in this email for your information.02br
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00Which sentence is correct or are both okay?0-
  

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0Both are ok, but when saying in a letter, or email, that you are including attachments, it's normal practice in the UK to use the second one: "I attach my e-air ticket......"0-
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0 Both OK, I am usually using 2 with "I enclose" but I think now I should be using the present continuous, because it's a particular instance, not the general situation: 02br
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00 "I am attaching ... " 0-
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0Aside from the other comments, I hear "attach to" an e-mail, not "attach in" an e-mail.0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Both OK, I am usually using 2 with "I enclose" but I think now I should be using the present continuous, because it's a particular instance, not the general situation: 12br
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10"I am attaching ... " 12br
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10I don't think "I'm attaching
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Marius Hancu22cite20Both OK, I am usually using 2 with "I enclose" but I think now I should be using the present continuous, because it's a particular instance, not the general situation: 22br
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20"I am attaching ... " 22br
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0My sentence is "I attach my 01b00e-air ticket and trip itinerary02b00 in this email for your information." The thing attached is two pieces of paper providing information.02br
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00The sentences provided by the website shows 'attached an image..", not something physical. 00I wonder it affects the usage because one is a physical thing, the other
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0 I see no serious arguments against using the 01i00present continuous02i00 here. The 01i00simple present02i00 may be tolerated (I am using it myself) in such contexts, but I think we really need the continuous, because we're talking about a specific, current piece of e-mail, not about a general situation. 02br
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00But I am
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I see no serious arguments against using the 11i10present continuous12i10 here. The 11i10simple present12i10 may be tolerated (I am using it myself) in such contexts, but I think we really need the continuous, because we're talking about a specific, current piece o
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0But how do you attach physical pieces of paper to an e-mail? They are actually files or images attached to the the e-mail.02br
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00I would write it as "I have attached" or "I am attaching" - the use of the simple present seems odd.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10But how do you attach physical pieces of paper to an e-mail? They are actually files or images attached to the the e-mail.12br
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10I would write it as "I have attached" or "I am attaching" - the use of the simple present seems odd.12br
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