[General] Receipt or Receival

[jonalogy]

Dear all,

Which would be correct,

"Please kindly acknowledge your receipt of the documentation" or "Please kindly acknowledge your receival of the documentation"?

Somehow "receipt" seems a little off in this case but I have seen it used this way quite a number of times.

Thank you in advance!

 

[Barb_D]

Please let me know when you have received the documentation.

 

[Barb_D]

Of your choices, only "receipt" but don't use "please kindly" and what you have written is a bit clumsy.

Are you sure you mean "documentation" and not "documents"?

 

[jonalogy]

Hi Barb_D, thanks for the input!

So the scenario is, I am trying to get an acknowledgement from my colleague on the documents which I passed to him earlier.

Thanks for the correction, it should be 'documents' and not 'documentation'. What would u suggest for a better replacement for "Please kindly..."?

 

[Rover_KE]

Don't use 'receival' at all. It's so rare that everybody will think it's wrong. (Click)

 

[emsr2d2]

Standard formal English is "Please acknowledge receipt of ...". There is no need for "your" before "receipt".

 

[Barb_D]

Please let me know when you have received the documentation.

I maintain this is the simplest form. Replace "documentation" with "documents."

 

[jonalogy]

Thanks all, appreciate it :up: