“Kindly find attached”: better ways to say it in email
“Please find attached the report” is correct but formal and old-fashioned. “I've attached the report” is simpler and more natural. Kindly in particular sounds stiff in modern email.
Kindly find attached the file.
I've attached the file.
Why Indian speakers say it
Indian business English keeps many formal phrases from older letter writing: kindly, please find attached, herewith. They are not grammar mistakes, but modern international email is shorter and more direct, so a stack of them makes a message feel distant. One plain sentence does the job.
Three more examples
| Instead of | Say |
|---|---|
| Kindly find attached herewith my resume. | I've attached my CV. |
| PFA. | I've attached the invoice. |
| Kindly find the attached document for your reference. | I've attached the document for reference. |
Quick self-check
Answer in your head, then open the answer.
Most natural modern email line:
- Kindly find attached herewith the file.
- I've attached the file.
- PFA the file.
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b) I've attached the file. Short and clear.
Which is grammatically correct (if formal)?
- Please find attached the agenda.
- Please find attach the agenda.
- Please find attaching the agenda.
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a) Please find attached the agenda. “Please find attached …” is a fixed, correct formal phrase.
Your email to a US recruiter. Best line:
- PFA my resume.
- Kindly find my resume attached herewith.
- I've attached my résumé for the analyst role.
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c) I've attached my résumé for the analyst role. It says what is attached and why.
Practise it out loud
Knowing the rule is not the same as saying it right under pressure. In WordSlick you practise sentences like these out loud with AskSlick, the AI tutor, and get corrections explained in Hindi. Mistakes you keep making come back in later sessions until they stop.
Questions
Is “please find attached” wrong?
No. It is correct and still used in formal email. It just sounds more formal than most people write today; “I’ve attached” says the same thing more naturally.
Should I use “kindly”?
Sparingly. In modern email, please is the normal polite word. Kindly can sound stiff, and in some sentences (“Kindly reply”) even impatient.