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Kindly advice when we can expect to receive the test file and what’s the file name

Clive · Accepted Answer

No.

Say eg Kindly advice when we can expect to receive the test file and what it's name is.

Jeffnc · Answer

I don't agree with the previous post.

First of all, the correct word here is "advise", not "advice". Advise is a verb, and you want a verb here.

Second, "it's" is not proper because there shouldn't be an apostrophe. "It's" can only mean "it is". You can use an apostrophe to mean possessive, but never with pronouns. For example you can say "Jeff's", but its, hers, thei

Finally, it would be more natural to write something like "Kindly advise when we can expect to receive the test file, and what the file's name will be", or "and what its name will be", or "and what the file name will be", or "and the name of the file". Technically that latter could be a little confusing, because it could be interpreted as asking when you will receive the name of the file, as opposed to what the name of the file will actually be.

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