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cindosha UnstopPeable Posts: 1,658 Jul 7, 2014 11:00:51 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 12:34:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cindosha on May 1, 2018 12:34:48 GMT Enclosed, please find a copy of the records from Dr. So and So. Or... Enclosed please find a copy of the records from Dr. So and So. Comma or no comma after enclosed? Cindy

ginacivey Pearl Clutcher refupea #2 in southeast missouri Posts: 4,685 Jun 25, 2014 19:18:36 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 12:37:09 GMT sueg likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ginacivey on May 1, 2018 12:37:09 GMT no comma but i'd actually use enclosed are a copy of records...... instead of 'please find' gina

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Post by blue tulip on May 1, 2018 12:40:46 GMT

I would write it with a comma, because I would pause there if I was saying it aloud. if you follow Gina's suggestion of wording, make sure you use "is" instead of "are", as the word copy is singular.

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the attorney I work for dictates his letters so I don't want to change the wording around too much. I feel that there should be a comma after enclosed because I feel that there is a pause there too. But he thinks that there should be no comma. I just wanted to get a few different views.

So far 2 to 2...LOL

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Post by kibblesandbits on May 1, 2018 12:55:35 GMT

Pauses don't mean commas, necessarily. "Enclosed" is a preposition and ties to the placement of the documents. Prepositions do not dictate commas.

Therefore, no comma.

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susancinpa RefuPea Fixture Posts: 725 Dec 15, 2014 1:36:48 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 12:57:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by susancinpa on May 1, 2018 12:57:19 GMT I would not use the comma, but I don't really pause after the word "enclosed" when I read this.

chedanemi Full Member Posts: 435 Jun 26, 2014 12:32:14 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 12:59:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chedanemi on May 1, 2018 12:59:12 GMT Enclosed is a copy of......... No comma. Use is; not are.
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May 1, 2018 12:37:09 GMT ginacivey said:

no comma

but i'd actually use

enclosed are a copy of records......

instead of 'please find'

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I agree - this is how I would write it as well "Enclosed are copy of records from Dr. So & So"

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lesley Drama Llama My best friend Turriff, desperately missed. Posts: 7,179 Location: Scotland, Scotland, Scotland Jul 6, 2014 21:50:44 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 13:00:44 GMT via mobile pierogi, gillyp, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lesley on May 1, 2018 13:00:44 GMT I would probably say “Please find enclosed a copy of...”. 😄
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May 1, 2018 12:49:50 GMT cindosha said:

the attorney I work for dictates his letters so I don't want to change the wording around too much. I feel that there should be a comma after enclosed because I feel that there is a pause there too. But he thinks that there should be no comma. I just wanted to get a few different views.

So far 2 to 2...LOL

If you Google it, many of the hits show that it is a common phrase used in business correspondence and doesn’t have a comma.

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May 1, 2018 12:59:12 GMT chedanemi said:

Enclosed is a copy of.........

No comma.

Use is; not are.

Use "is", the singular for "a copy" a singular collective noun. "is a copy"; "are copies". See the difference?SaveSave

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truckerswife Shy Member Posts: 26 Jun 27, 2014 14:10:27 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 20:40:23 GMT SockMonkey and papersilly like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by truckerswife on May 1, 2018 20:40:23 GMT Legal assistant chiming in ... no comma. Over half of my letters start out saying "Enclosed please find ..."

myshelly Pea Guru Posts: 13,540 Jun 30, 2014 14:44:17 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 1, 2018 20:43:15 GMT via mobile SockMonkey likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by myshelly on May 1, 2018 20:43:15 GMT No comma And every lawyer is going to write Enclosed please find Lol. They won’t change to any of the other wording suggested here.

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May 1, 2018 20:40:23 GMT truckerswife said:

Legal assistant chiming in ... no comma. Over half of my letters start out saying "Enclosed please find ..."

Me too, as well as most of the letters we receive.

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May 1, 2018 20:40:23 GMT truckerswife said:

Legal assistant chiming in ... no comma. Over half of my letters start out saying "Enclosed please find ..."

I use "Enclose please find" regularly too and see nothing wrong with it.

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PaperAngel Drama Llama Posts: 7,352 Jun 27, 2014 23:04:06 GMT	which is the right way to write this sentence? May 2, 2018 1:38:26 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by PaperAngel on May 2, 2018 1:38:26 GMT No comma is correct.

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