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Dear X,
Could you please provide us the prices of the items below.
 

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Dear X,
Could you please provide us with the prices of the items below?

See above. If you don't want it to be a question, remove "Could you" and just start with "Please provide".

Yet again, you haven't used an exact excerpt from your post as your title. I really don't want to have to keep editing your titles. It's getting a bit tiresome.
 

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See above. If you don't want it to be question, remove "Could you" and just start with "Please provide".

Yet again, you haven't used an exact excerpt from your post as your title. I really don't want to have to keep editing your titles. It's getting a bit tiresome.
Hi,
I don't know how to excerpt my posts.
 

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"Please provide".
I want to add if he can provide it to me on Monday.
Could you please provide us with the prices of the items below on Monday?
 

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Hi,
I don't know how to excerpt my posts.
What I mean is that you should use an exact copy of a good chunk of the words you're asking us about. For this thread, a better title would have been "Could you please provide us with the prices ...". The aim is for all thread titles to be unique. If you just choose two words, there's a chance that there will be other threads with the same title, even if they're not your threads.
 

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I want to add if he can that I want him to provide it them to me us on Monday. Is the following question correct and natural?

Could you please provide us with the prices of the items below on Monday?

Your revised question is OK.
 

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I looked up "provide prices" on the internet. It is used, but, I think, in a narrow sense. I don't know why you can't say it like this. (See below.)

I need you to tell me what your prices are for the following items.

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I know that's more words, but you are clearly not fluent in English yet. I think it is best that you use words you fully understand. (Others may disagree.)
 

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"I need you to tell me ..." comes across as slightly aggressive and rather rude. I suggest "I would be grateful if you would send me your price list for the following items:"
 

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If Monday is the last day - you are writing on Thursday, for instance - use by Monday.
 
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