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"Can you provide documentation stating the noise levels, so that we are able to show compliance if we get audited?" Even though this is a question, I feel like the question mark at the end doesn't seem right. I would've put a full stop at the end but knowing it is a question I have put the question mark there. It could be written as a question and a sentence, "Can you provide documentation? So, that we are able to show compliance." Just wondering how to correctly write as one sentence/question.

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  • It would help to know the context. Is this a request in a rental agreement, a letter to some standards technician, a verbal request between two friends, or what? Among other things, it's not clear why you say "Can you provide" vs "Please provide".
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:05
  • It was in an email to send to the original equipment manufacturer for a truck that will be going onto site, where there are minimum standards and documentation that is required. "Please provide" could also have been used, no reason for using "can you". I was just asking on this forum out of curiosity.
    – Andre
    Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:33
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    "Please provide" is a polite instruction (no question mark), whereas "Can you provide" is ambiguous: it might be an instruction (no politeness; no question mark) or a blunt request (not as polite as could you but still ok; use question mark), or a genuine question about capacity to complete the task (factual; question mark).
    – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten
    Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 2:50
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    The comma might be extraneous, but the question mark is fine where it is.
    – Lawrence
    Commented Nov 20, 2018 at 10:24
  • Can you provide documentation stating the noise level for us to produce/show the compliance in case of an audit?
    – mahmud k pukayoor
    Commented Aug 17, 2019 at 17:24

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"Can you provide documentation stating the noise levels, so that we are able to show compliance if we get audited?"

I would reverse the order, putting the question last.

In order to demonstrate compliance in case of an audit, can you provide noise level documentation?

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  • The reordering needs 'So that we can ...' or 'To enable us to ...'.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Apr 13, 2020 at 18:30

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