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1.Have you received our quotation which we sent you on the 9th July ?
2.Have you received our quotation which we sent it to you on the 9th July ?
can you tell me which expression is better?
thank you very much for your help

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@Eliza6826,

1. Sounds better, but I prefer...

3. Have you received our quotation which was sent on the 9th July.

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@Lordyaswas,

Lordyaswas wrote:

1. Sounds better, but I prefer...

3. Have you received our quotation which was sent on the 9th July.

Except that there should be a question mark ("?") at the end.

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@Eliza6826,

Eliza6826 wrote:

2.Have you received our quotation which we sent it to you on the 9th July ?

"it" is an error.

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In the American language, one would not say 9th July--one would say the 9th of of July, or one would say July 9th.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

In the American language, one would not say 9th July--one would say the 9th of of July, or one would say July 9th.

We say that in the English language, too (except we only use 'of' once) also we can say "July the ninth" in spoken English. When writing a business letter common styles for the date at the top are 10th July 2013 or 10 July 2013.

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@contrex,

Maybe where you come from--there are far more of us using this style than there are of you.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Maybe where you come from--there are far more of us using this style than there are of you.

Depends if you value quantity more than quality. Rather a poor argument, that, Set.

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@contrex,

Want me to find out how many Google hits I can find for 10th July 2013?

Smile

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Want me to find out how many Google hits I can find for 10th July 2013?

Don't go there! Maybe we can have a pissing contest about the merits or otherwise of what Yanks seem to call "military time" and today written as 10/7/2013...

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@contrex,

Not a poor argument at all . . . you haven't demonstrated that the system you prefer represents quality.

Americans, by the way, habitually use month, day and year when writing dates in cipher: 7/10/2013.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Americans, by the way, habitually use month, day and year when writing dates in cipher: 7/10/2013.

Everybody knows that. That's why I showed the correct way of writing 10 July 2013 in figures as a contrast - 10/07/2013.

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@contrex,

That's not the "correct" way, that's just the way you are accustomed to writing it. Once again, there are more of us writing it this way than there are of you.

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@Eliza6826,

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1.Have you received our quotation which we sent you on the 9th July ?
2.Have you received our quotation which we sent it to you on the 9th July ?

Number two is ungrammatical, Eliza.

Have you received our quotation? [which] We sent it to you on the 9th July ?

The relative pronoun, 'which', replaces 'it', when the sentences are joined.

Have you received our quotation which we sent it to you on the 9th July ?

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@roger,

In all likelihood, you wouldn't have a clue how to do a Google search, Rog.

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@Eliza6826,

Don't need second "you"; thus I might have writ

Have you received our July 9 quotation?

Tho we might say "quote" as more nearly collo

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@dalehileman,

In a business context (USA of course) I have never heard anything but "quote". I can't argue the correctness, but that is the common business useage.

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@dalehileman,

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Don't need second "you"; thus I might have writ

Good point, Dale. In an initial, completely neutral bit of correspondence it could be seen as overly pointed, too aggressive, too "come on, people!".

Especially when this is a quote and one is trying to obtain business from that party.

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@JTT,

Thanks Rog, Jtt. It's encouraging

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