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Attach or enclose
I'm reading a letter. The author said that he enclosed a copy of another letter. Normally, I would have said: "I attach a copy..."
Is there any difference between "attach" and "enclose"? Is "enclose" more formal? Thanks |
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The difference is minimal. Attached is something fixed to the letter with a staple (grapa) or paperclip (sujetapapeler?). Enclosed is something in the same envelope, but loose. Normally, you would only attach something of the same format (e.g. another A4 letter) but you would enclose something of a different size (e.g. a cheque or an application form of several pages).
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So attach is always fixed with a staple or paperclip. Thanks, Perikles. A present for you |
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Yes, something different sent on like another letter would be enclosed (I enclose his letter for your comments...) but something like an appendix or additional information to the letter would be attached (I attach a detailed list of our requirements....). |
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But it's always with a staple or a paperclip (we say clip in Spain), isn't it? |
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Si. Tengo que irme - hasta luego.
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I would say that the sense of "attached" is "affixed", if that makes sense.
"Enclosed" is the idea of being contained within the same envelope. I think that in the modern day of e-mail, "attachments" make a lot of sense because a "file" is "attached" to an e-mail, in that it is AFFIXED to the email. It's not physically "stapled" to it, but it couldn't necessarily fall off...........
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Yes, I always use attach because of the emails
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Personalmente digo "attach" con emails y "enclose" con cartas, no importa si esté fijado o suelto.
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'I wish you liked it' , you would say if someone else expresses he or she doesn't like something, and you wish they would.
'I was enclosed by a gang of suspicious looking characters in a dark alley in New York who got attached to my gold rolex...'
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