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Is the following sentence correct and natural?

Please stamped on the documents and return us by e-mail.
 

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No. What is being stamped? Some sort of official approval?
 

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Please note that the documents were stamped by your company.
Is it okay now?
 

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No, and it's equally unclear what you're talking about. Answer these questions, please:

1. Have you already sent the documents to the other company?
2. Do they have to stamp the documents?
3. If the answer to #2 is "Yes", what exactly do you want them to do after they stamp the documents?
 

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I want the customer return us the stamped's documents.
 

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I want the customer to return us the [STRIKE]stamped's[/STRIKE] stamped documents.
That was almost correct. Have you read the page about the imperative that I linked to? Your signature says that you're "an English learner". Please demonstrate that by following our suggestions. Apply what you learn when you reply.
 
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"I want the customer to return us" isn't correct. GoesStation's correction at the end of the sentence is fine - it should be "the stamped documents". You can use:

1. I want the customer to stamp the documents and return them to us.
2. I want the customer to return the stamped documents to us.

Sentence 1 makes it clear who is to stamp the documents.
Sentence 2 is ambiguous regarding who is to stamp (or already has stamped) the documents.

I think both of my sentences are beyond your level, Polyester. Also, Polyester, why didn't you answer my three questions in post #5?
 

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You can't possibly have the documents stamped and send them by email, can you? Scanned copies perhaps?
 

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No, and it's equally unclear what you're talking about. Answer these questions, please:

1. Have you already sent the documents to the other company?
2. Do they have to stamp the documents?
3. If the answer to #2 is "Yes", what exactly do you want them to do after they stamp the documents?

1. NO.
2. NO.
3. If customer did it, please send back to us.

Is it clear now?
 

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If customer did it, please send back to us.

Is it clear now?
No, but your question is. It's perfect English.

I think you meant to say "Please return the document if the customer has stamped it."
 

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But the answer to question 2, "Does the customer have to stamp the document?" was "No", so "Please return the document if the customer has stamped it" won't work. According to Polyester, the customer doesn't have to stamp the document. I still have no idea who stamps/stamped the document or at what stage of the process.
 

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Hi emsr2d2,
Let clear your mind which parts you don't understand? I haven't sent e-mail out to customer yet. I try to prepare my e-mail descriptions or context. I hope or I expect my customer stamped on the documents after send out to customer. I want the customer return us documents with stamped on the documents.

Is it clear now?
 

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Write this: Please print the attached documents, stamp them, and return them by mail (or however you want the documents returned).

You used the plural. Are there really several documents; that is, more than one?
 

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Hi emsr2d2,
Let me clear [STRIKE]your mind which[/STRIKE] up the parts you don't understand.

I haven't sent the e-mail out to the customer yet.

I am trying to prepare my e-mail [STRIKE]descriptions or[/STRIKE] content.

I hope or I expect my customer [STRIKE]stamped[/STRIKE] to stamp [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE] the documents after I send them. [STRIKE]out to customer.[/STRIKE]

I want the customer to return [STRIKE]us[/STRIKE] the documents to us with a [STRIKE]stamped[/STRIKE] stamp on. [STRIKE]the documents.[/STRIKE]

Is it clear now?

Note my corrections above.

Is it clear? Yes and no. I understand that you have not sent the documents to the customer yet and that you are preparing an email.

Are you going to attach the relevant documents to the email when you send it?
How do they stamp the documents electronically? Is it a digital stamp or a physical stamp (ink on paper)?
Do you want them to return the documents to you by email or by normal mail?
 
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