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please kindly vs. please #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 05, 2009 15:07 pm   please kindly vs. please
 

Hi,

Which of the following sentence is more natural? Most of my collegues use the first sentence.

1. Please kindly send your file to me by Friday.

2. Please send your file to me by Friday.

Thanks.
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please kindly vs. please #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 05, 2009 17:32 pm   please kindly vs. please
 

Kindly right next to please looks a bit superfluous to me; I'd pick the second sentence.
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