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[Jiayun]

Hi all,

Please consider the following sentence:-

"Please find attached a draft letter for your approval."

My questions:-

(1) Can I use "a" in the above sentence or should I use "the"?
(2) I understand "draft" can be used as a noun or verb so I wonder if it is possible to say "draft letter" as it sounds to me that "draft" is used as an adjective here.

Thanks!

JY

 

[keannu]

Not a teacher.

I think this is correct as "the" can refer to the specific letter attached.

"Please find the attached draft letter for your approval."

 

[charliedeut]

Hi,

IMO, the sentence is correct as it is.

If I wanted to use "the", I would rewrite it as "Please find attached the draft letter we talked about this morning/yesterday afternoon". That is, if the recipient knew already which draft letter I'm speaking about.

charliedeut