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[Polyester]

Which ones is correct?

1. Attach the file for downloading.

2. Attached the file for downloading.

 

[GoesStation]

Which [STRIKE]ones[/STRIKE] one is correct?

1. Attach the file for downloading.

2. Attached the file for downloading.

Number one is a complete sentence and correct. It may not mean what you think it does, though. Tell us what context you want to use it in.

Number two is not a sentence because it doesn't have a main verb.

 

[Tarheel]

The first is a sentence. The second is not.

(Cross posted.)

 

[Polyester]

Number one is a complete sentence and correct. It may not mean what you think it does, though. Tell us what context you want to use it in.

Number two is not a sentence because it doesn't have a main verb.

Hi GoesStation,

Number two is a past tense sentence. It means I attached the file for your reference. The action is finished. What's wrong?

 

[GoesStation]

Number two is a past tense sentence. It means I attached the file for your reference. The action is finished. What's wrong?

Who or what attached the file?

 

[tedmc]

If you are talking about attaching a file to an email, it is understood that it is to be downloaded. Otherwise, what else do you attach a file for?

An imperative, i.e. an order to do something, can only be in the present tense.

 

[Polyester]

So, the result is

1. Attach the xlsx.file for downloading.

2. I attached the updated file.exe for downloading.

Are they correct now?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. But as tedmc pointed out, you don't need "for downloading" in the second one. (Or in the first one either.)

 

[emsr2d2]

1. Attach the xlsx.file. [STRIKE]for downloading.[/STRIKE] This is an imperative. You are telling someone else to attach the file.

2. I have attached the updated file.exe. [STRIKE]for downloading.[/STRIKE] This is what you would write at the end of an email to which you have attached the file.

See my corrections and comments above.

We can't say which one you need until you tell us the context/situation in which you want to use them.

 

[Tdol]

Please find the .exe file attached.

 

[Polyester]

See my corrections and comments above.

We can't say which one you need until you tell us the context/situation in which you want to use them.

I want to know which one is correct. "Attach" or "I have attached" some files or documents that depends on the situation and context.

 

[Tarheel]

The one is a statement. ("I attached a file.") The other is an instruction.

 

[tedmc]

The one is a statement. ("I attached a file.") The other is an instruction.

Polyester should go back to the basics of the simple present tense.

 

[Polyester]

The one is a statement. ("I attached a file.") The other is an instruction.

1. Attach the xlsx.file for downloading. (This one is an instruction?)

 

[GoesStation]

1. Attach the xlsx.file for downloading. (Is this one [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] an instruction?)

See above. You have to learn how to construct questions.

 

[Tarheel]

1. Attach the xlsx.file for downloading. (Is this one an instruction?)

When discussing two things it is common to use phrases such as this one and the other one (or the other).

Examples:

We took two dogs to the beach. One got in the water. The other didn't.

Two people were sleeping. One got up. The other hasn't.

I had two loads to wash. One is finished. The other isn't.

 

[Polyester]

When discussing two things it is common to use phrases such as this one and the other one (or the other).

Examples:

We took two dogs to the beach. One got in the water. The other didn't.

Two people were sleeping. One got up. The other hasn't.

I had two loads to wash. One is finished. The other isn't.

Could you mind tell me why you use an instruction?

 

[Tarheel]

Could you mind tell me why you use an instruction?

Perhaps:

Would you mind telling me ....?

I don't understand the rest.
:-|

 

[emsr2d2]

Would you mind telling me why you use an instruction?

I don't understand your question. Who are you asking? In post #1, you gave us two sentences.

1. Attach the file for downloading.
2. Attached the file for downloading.

For now, let's ignore the fact that "for downloading" is unnecessary.

Sentence 1 is grammatically correct and it is an imperative (an instruction). You are telling someone else to attach a file to something.
Sentence 2 is not grammatically correct. We think you mean "I have attached the file ...". This means that you are telling someone else that you have already attached the file.

We don't know which one you need to use because we still don't know the context (the situation). What are you trying to say?

 

[Yankee]

So, the result is

1. Attach the xlsx.file for downloading.

2. I attached the updated file.exe for downloading.



Are they correct now?

Or re. the original 2. "attached is the file...."