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

[Englishlearner25]

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.

[Yankee]

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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[Lost_Soul]

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.

Thanks!

[Englishlearner25]

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.

[Alan]

Hi,

Seems a good compromise.

Alan
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