Which one is correct: please find the attached file or please find attached the file? [closed]

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  1. please find the attached file or
  2. please find attached the file

Or, is there any other sentence structure more suitable than above options.

asked Jul 10, 2018 at 3:59 5,153 1 1 gold badge 25 25 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges Please find the file attached. Commented Jul 10, 2018 at 4:04

This expression is something of a “creative anachronism”, like closing an e-mail in a flowery style from the days of pen-and-ink correspondence. In some ways, the more strange-sounding version actually carries the greater charm. For practical correspondence, however, just use: Please see the attached file.

– user205876 Commented Apr 2, 2020 at 7:31

You will find the file attached (to this letter) → Please find, attached (to this letter), the file → (comma drop); also often “Attached please find”.

Commented Apr 22, 2020 at 3:46 Please find a (the) file attached. Simple as that! Commented Apr 22, 2020 at 10:42

Please stop even thinking about the English wording and try this in your own language, then find a literal translation. If that doesn't work for you, why not? With great respect, "please find the attached (anything)…" is at best, silly. By itself, "Please find attached the file" is meaningless but it might show you the correct form. Where is the rest of the sentence, which should have given that part meaning? "Please find attached the file (FileName)" would work but why did you not realise the difference?