the files attached

Humble   Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:28 am GMT
Hello,
Please, which is correct?

1. Attached please find the files …
2. Please find attached the files ...

Thank you.
Guest   Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:46 am GMT
"humble"? LOl that sounds some asian guy who bows when you do something for him
Guest   Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:42 am GMT
What do you mean? Neither of those makes sense.
Guest   Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:57 am GMT
How about:

"3. Please find the attached files ..."
Spanna indee worksa   Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:29 pm GMT
Surely No.2 works if u put a comma after the word attached?
furrykef   Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:35 pm GMT
<< Surely No.2 works if u put a comma after the word attached? >>

No, actually, I think that's worse. Why do you want to put a comma there?
Guest   Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:42 pm GMT
"Hello,
Please, which is correct?

1. Attached please find the files …
2. Please find attached the files ...

Thank you."

I think you are meaning for it to be polite. Right? Like politely, or humbly asking for them to find the files. None of them work if that's the case, not even the offered No. 3. They all sound like you are pleading for help. Unless that's the case, then go with 2.

What's the context? If it is a formal or business correspodence, and you had to put in the humbleness, then I'd just go with: I would be pleased for you to view the attached files. So it sounds like they are doing you a favor.
beneficii   Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:16 am GMT
How about:

Please find the files attached hereto.
Humble   Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:34 am GMT
Thank you all.
It's just meant to be a polite bureaucratic pattern from business correspondence.
Actually, I got the versions in another forum - the question was not mine, they argued abt the word order and it was left unresolved.
Calliope   Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:11 am GMT
No2 is very commonly used in a formal context though (talking about BrE); you get emails with "Please find attached a copy of my CV" and "Please find attached the supporting documents" and whatnot all the time.