“Please Find Attached or “Please Find Enclosed” in a formal
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When you would like a person to reference a document attached to the email, it would be appropriate to say “Please see the attached document.” Documents are “attached” to emails, not “enclosed.” You do not have to state the name of the document either, as it is assumed that the document attached is the one you are referencing. If there is more than one document attached, it might be better to say something like “Please see the attached document (filename.pdf).” DO NOT USE ABBREVIATIONS. Formal writing requires that you do not use abbreviations and contractions, as those are technically informal ways of talking (there are exceptions for things like ASAP, AM, PM, RSVP, etc.). PFA is not used whatsoever in English, even in informal writing, partially because we say “please see,” not “please find.”
