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Dear Sir/Madam,

Could you please tell me which of the following is correct or natural ?

Always confused when I write emails.

1. Data sheet has been attached for your reference.

2. Data sheet is attached for your reference.

And, in which context we change Present Perfect forms like this ?-

He is gone out. [Instead of 'he has gone out.']

Kind Regards,

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Doha00111. A/The data sheet has been attached for your reference.
2. A/The data sheet is attached for your reference.

(2) is usually better. (1) can sound as if someone else has attached it.

Doha0011And, in which context we change Present Perfect forms like this ?
- He is gone out. [Instead of 'he has gone out.']

Construing the present perfect with the "be" verb instead of "have" is possible in an archaic style with certain verbs, including "go", but generally speaking it is not modern English. "He is gone out" is not ordinary modern English, at least not to me. "He is gone" is more natural, especially when someone has left permanently, but to the modern speaker "gone" tends to be interpreted here as an adjective.

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