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Old 20-Jul-2007, 21:43
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Hi, I wrote a sentence but i dont know if it sounds good and native-speaker-like...could you help me?

"Please, could you tell me if it is a problem to not have this document in the presentation day?"

"Please, could you tell me if it is a problem if I don't have this document yet.

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Old 20-Jul-2007, 22:14
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In my opinion, sentence 2 is more natural, but I would start it with, "Could you please tell me..."
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