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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

email related

When asking someone to attend to a problem via email, can I say;

"please look into the following matter asap."
"please attend to the following email asap."
  

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" This could be interpreted as 'Please ascertain the facts, but take no action'. " P lease attend to the following email asap" This is unnatural and unclear. " This means 'take the appropriate action.

— Clive

  • " This could be interpreted as 'Please ascertain the facts, but take no action'.
  • " P lease attend to the following email asap" This is unnatural and unclear.
  • " This means 'take the appropriate action.
  • More common is 'Please deal with .
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When asking someone to attend to a problem via email, can I say;

"Please look into the following matter asap." This could be interpreted as 'Please ascertain the facts, but take no action'.

"Please attend to the following email asap" This is unnatural and unc
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Thanks! but I am a bit confused. I want someone to attend to an email. So why do we say "Please ascertain the facts, but take no action'
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Thanks Clive! Could you correct this sentence too?

" Please find enclosed report for your reference."
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Clive:

When asking someone to attend to a problem via email, can I say;

"Please look into the following matter asap." This could be interpreted as 'Please ascertain the facts, but take no action'.

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" Please find the enclosed report for your reference."

That is standard business jargon. You could also say this.

Here is the report for your reference.
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