Please provide us the documents vs Please provide us with the documents

Both phrases are correct, but they're used in slightly different contexts. 'Please provide us the documents' is less common and may sound a bit more direct. On the other hand, 'Please provide us with the documents' is more commonly used and sounds more polite and formal.

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Last updated: July 31, 2024

Please provide us the documents

This phrase is correct but less common. It may sound more direct and less formal.

This phrase is used to request documents directly, without the use of 'with'. It can be considered more direct and less formal compared to the alternative.

Examples:

Please provide us the documents by tomorrow.
Can you provide us the documents for the meeting?

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For each of the sections below please provide the documents which are relevant for the notified measure.
If so, please provide the document, reference or internet link together with a very brief outline of the study.
Please provide all documents in your possession relating to the development of a barrier technology.
Please provide details and supporting documents:
Please provide the relevant supporting documents.
(if so, please provide relevant documents or Internet link)
If yes, please provide relevant documents or web-links using the comments column
Other international criteria and guidelines have to be respected during the development of large hydroelectric power projects (if so, please provide relevant documents or links)
Could you please provide policy documents, decision documents and any pertinent letters which explain the reasoning behind this decision?
Please provide any supporting documents, such as internal company documents, showing that the counterfactual project is a clearly defined and sufficiently predictable alternative project that has been considered by the beneficiary in its internal decision making:
To supplement the information supplied so far, would you please provide us with information on the following two points: 1.
Please provide the summaries of such evaluations and studies in annex and, when available, the internet links to the documents concerned:
Could the Commission please provide us with information on how many EU environmental laws Ireland has breached and what they are?
Bookmarks allow you to jump between parts of your document. Please provide the name of your bookmark.
If yes, please provide evidence and attach relevant documents:
In particular, please provide all studies, internal documents, technical and economic analyses and scientific documents relating to PET barrier.
Please provide the beneficiary's internal documents on training costs, participants, content and scheduling for two scenarios: training project with aid and training project without aid.
☐ the Preservation Order and other documents referred to in Article 28(3) of the Regulation (please provide details):
Please provide evidence of the specific action(s) that would not have been taken by the undertaking without the aid (counterfactual situation) and provide supporting documents:.
Please provide information on the type of data used to establish the relation (e.g. administrative certificates or other types of official documents found in the possession of the person)

Alternatives:

Please provide us with the documents
Please give us the documents
Please send us the documents
Please supply us the documents
Please furnish us the documents

Please provide us with the documents

This phrase is correct and more commonly used. It sounds more polite and formal.

This phrase is a polite and formal way to request documents. The addition of 'with' adds a sense of formality and politeness to the request.