Word " escape"

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Hi,
I create some sentences with the word of "escape", please help me to check and possibly correct. Thanks in advance.:)

#1. It is a rough evaluation report, there are probably some items which escape me/(escaping me, possible?), please feel free to add them into the report.
#2. The additional notes in the drawing escape my attention and I should do the corresponding test before shipment.
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#3. In any case we should make sure our products comply with the spec requirements. At the present we should assume the responsibility than escape for maintaining a long -term relationship with the costumer.
 
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Hi,
I create some sentences with the word of "escape", please help me to check and possibly correct. Thanks in advance.:)

#1. It is a rough evaluation report, there are probably some items which escape me/(escaping me, possible?), please feel free to add them into the report.
#2. The additional notes in the drawing escape my attention and I should do the corresponding test before shipment.
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#3. In any case we should make sure our products comply with the spec requirements. At the present we should assume the responsibility than escape for maintaining a long -term relationship with the costumer.

Some suggestions.

#1.
"It is a rough evaluation report, there are probably some items which have escaped me, (so) please feel free to add them to the report".

#2.
Without more context the meaning of the second part of the sentence in relation to the first part is unclear.
However, I would suggest:
"The additional notes in the drawing escaped my attention and I should do... etc".
or perhaps:
"I missed the additional notes in the drawing and I should do... etc".

#3.
"In any case, we should make sure our products comply with the spec requirements. At the present we should assume the responsibility than escape for maintaining a long-term relationship with the costumer".

The second sentence is incorrect English but I think you are saying that to maintain a good relationship with the customer you should assume the responsibility for checking compliance, not avoid it. I don't think "escape" is quite appropriate here. "At the present" is alright but "At the present time" (or "At this time") is probably more usual.
Perhaps:
"At the present time, we should assume responsibility rather than avoid it, to maintain a long-term relationship with the customer".
or
"At the present time, to maintain a long-term relationship with the customer, we should assume responsibility rather than avoid it".

not a teacher
 
Thanks for giving me such a good elaboration and advice.:up:
Regarding the #2, is it more likely to use the verb of "miss..." rather than "...escape" to express the meaning of "pay no attention or not notice...".
 
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