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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...



 
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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents... #1 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:34 pm   Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...
 

Hey there.

Im writing a letter to a client. Basically i want to tell them that

"We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents, if you require our assistance. "

The above sentence does not sound good at all atleast to me. Would it be possible for any one to recommend a better way of writing the above sentence please.
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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents... #2 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:46 pm   Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...
 

Hi Englishlearner25

I agree that the sentence is odd. Here is one suggestion:

"If needed, we can assist you in the preparation of the above (mentioned) documents."
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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents... #3 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 14:14 pm   Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...
 

Hi, Amy

Can we use the adjective "said" in the above case (to mean "mentioned before")?
E.g. We can assist you in the preparation of the said documents.

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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents... #4 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 16:09 pm   Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...
 

Hey.

I have come up with this. Let me know if it is better?

We can, however, prepare the above mentioned documents should you require our assistance.
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Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents... #5 (permalink) Thu Aug 21, 2008 16:14 pm   Sentence: We can assist you in the preparation of the above said documents...
 

Hi,

Seems a good compromise.

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