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youngdog · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Japan

a)I'm attaching a list of the recipients.

b)I've attached a list of the recipients.

When sending an email message with an attached file,
which is better expression?

Thank you for your reply in advance.
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Mister Micawber · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 774 Location: Yokohama

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Either will work well.
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youngdog · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Japan

Thank you very much for the quick reply.

Does "I'll attaching a list of the recipients. " also make sense in this case?

A dweller in Yokohama
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youngdog · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Japan

【correction】

I'll attaching a list of the recipients.
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I'll attach a list of the recipients.
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Mister Micawber · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 774 Location: Yokohama

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'I'll attach' makes sense, but sounds more informal to me.
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"I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences." � Gertrude Stein
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Canadian-American who teaches English for a living at Mr Micawber's

youngdog · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Posts: 27 Location: Japan

Thank you again!
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