The following what you are request vs The following is what you request

The correct phrase is "the following is what you request". The first phrase is incorrect due to the incorrect use of the verb "are" instead of "is". The second phrase is the correct and commonly used form.

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The following what you are request

This phrase is incorrect. It should be "the following is what you request".

The correct phrase should use the verb "is" to match the singular subject "the following".

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I would therefore like to put the following request to you.
Commissioner, I have the following request.
Madam President, I have the following request.
Therefore, the following requests are reiterated to the Commission:
Has decided to endorse the following requests rejected by the Council:
Mr President, I rise to make the following request: on Tuesday afternoon there is to be a discussion on the Lamfalussy process.
Postpones its decision on the following requests until September 2000:
The PPE-DE and ALDE Groups had notified the President of the following requests for appointments:
Madam President, I refer to the speech by Mr Manuel Medina Ortega during the last part-session, and would ask you to consider the following request.
The PPE-DE, PSE and ELDR Groups had presented the following requests for appointments:
I am not referring to today's agenda, however, but to the agenda for the next plenary session, and I have the following request.
The European Parliament has issued the following four requests, in particular.
It is not possible under the Treaty, so I would ask you to substitute the following 'Requests the Commission to open an office in Kosovo'.
I have the following questions and requests: 1.
Furthermore, the request for confidentiality must contain all information indicated in the following request, without forgetting the name or the trade name of each preparation.
That is also why I would make the following request of the Commission: Madam Vice-President, think carefully about which side you stand on!
Whatever the result of the vote, I should like to address the Belgian dockers with the following request: do not in any event rest on your laurels, as not even the rejection of the text will mean that your problems are at an end.
In these cases, the Member State shall check that the file referred to in Article 20.1 of Directive 2008/57/EC meets the following requests:
This recently led the Committee to make the following request in its opinion on the mid-term review of the transport White Paper (TEN/257 - rapporteur: Mr Barbadillo Lopez):
I conclude, Mr President, by mentioning that I have the following request to put to the Commission: we would ask it to adopt the measures set forth in this report, since this will be a prerequisite for approval of the 1996 negotiations.

Alternatives:

the following is what you request

The following is what you request

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce something that is being requested or asked for.

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I would therefore like to put the following request to you.
Commissioner, I have the following request.
Madam President, I have the following request.
Therefore, the following requests are reiterated to the Commission:
Has decided to endorse the following requests rejected by the Council:
Mr President, I rise to make the following request: on Tuesday afternoon there is to be a discussion on the Lamfalussy process.
Postpones its decision on the following requests until September 2000:
The PPE-DE and ALDE Groups had notified the President of the following requests for appointments:
Madam President, I refer to the speech by Mr Manuel Medina Ortega during the last part-session, and would ask you to consider the following request.
The PPE-DE, PSE and ELDR Groups had presented the following requests for appointments:
I am not referring to today's agenda, however, but to the agenda for the next plenary session, and I have the following request.
The European Parliament has issued the following four requests, in particular.
It is not possible under the Treaty, so I would ask you to substitute the following 'Requests the Commission to open an office in Kosovo'.
I have the following questions and requests: 1.
Furthermore, the request for confidentiality must contain all information indicated in the following request, without forgetting the name or the trade name of each preparation.
That is also why I would make the following request of the Commission: Madam Vice-President, think carefully about which side you stand on!
Whatever the result of the vote, I should like to address the Belgian dockers with the following request: do not in any event rest on your laurels, as not even the rejection of the text will mean that your problems are at an end.
In these cases, the Member State shall check that the file referred to in Article 20.1 of Directive 2008/57/EC meets the following requests:
This recently led the Committee to make the following request in its opinion on the mid-term review of the transport White Paper (TEN/257 - rapporteur: Mr Barbadillo Lopez):
I conclude, Mr President, by mentioning that I have the following request to put to the Commission: we would ask it to adopt the measures set forth in this report, since this will be a prerequisite for approval of the 1996 negotiations.

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The following what you are request vs The following is what you request