Request you to please put

[suniljain]

Request you also kindly put in a word to Mr. Ram for a favorable outcome on an expeditious basis.

Is using "in" after "put" is compulsory? Can we simply write:-

Request you also kindly put a word to Mr. Ram for a favorable outcome on an expeditious basis.

 

[Barque]

"Put in" sounds much better.

The rest of the sentence doesn't sound very natural however.

Could you please put in a word to Mr. Ram for me, and ask him to make a decision as soon as possible? (It'd be understood you're hoping for a "favourable" outcome.)

 

[Tarheel]

@suniljain You could say, "I have a request to make of you" and then say what it is.

The second sentence has an extra "is" in it.

Forget about using "Request" at the beginning of a sentence.

Added: Oddly, there is still an extra word in the second sentence, but it's not the one I originally saw.

 

[suniljain]

@suniljain You could say, "I have a request to make of you" and then say what it is.

The second sentence has an extra "to" in it.

Forget about using "Request" at the beginning of a sentence.

I couldn't fine extra "in" in the 2nd sentence. Could you please help to locate it.

 

[emsr2d2]

The second sentence has an extra "to" in it.

I couldn't fine an extra "in" in the 2nd second sentence. Could you please help me to locate it?

Read Tarheel's comment again and note my corrections in red.

 

[Tarheel]

I couldn't find an extra "in" in the second sentence. Could you please help me locate it?

It's an extra "is" and it's the second one.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's an extra "is" and it's the second one.

In your original post, you said it was an extra "to"! Please don't go back and edit posts after they've received responses. Several of these posts now look nonsensical.

 

[Tarheel]

In your original post, you said it was an extra "to"! Please don't go back and edit posts after they've received responses. Several of these posts now look nonsensical.

I don't know how I saw an extra "to" the first time. It isn't there now. Also, I am, I think, the only one who commented on that.

I apologize for any confusion. I was trying to clear things up -- not do the opposite.