Hi,

Which sentennce is correct officially?

The name mentioned above
or
The mentioned name above

Mahdi

quote:

The name mentioned above

Hello, Mahdi:

The phrase we are accustomed to using is the one above:

The name mentioned above.

We also use, though less frequently:

The above-mentioned name.
_______

The other sentence that you wrote, while logical, is just not used, at least commonly. Google has more than a million hits for the two phrases I mentioned above, and only 426 for the one we don't use. And, of those 426, most seem to be in ads or other text in which the language is not so good.

Hi Rachel,

What about "the aforemetioned" phrase?

Yes, Izzy, ‘aforementioned’ is OK, too. It is used mostly in legal language and formal written language; for example, the New York Times has over 10,000 examples just in the past 30 days.

It is used much less in informal writing, and much, much less in conversation.

'Aforementioned,' from the American Heritage Dictionary:

adj.
Mentioned previously.
n.
The one or ones mentioned previously.

a‧fore‧men‧tioned also a‧fore‧said [only before noun] law

From the LDOCE:

the aforementioned
mentioned before in an earlier part of a document, article, book etc:
The property belongs to the aforementioned Mr Jones.
—aforementioned noun [singular or plural]

Thanks a lot, Rachel.

لThanks Rachel

Mahdi

1. Please do whatever changes needed to the part below.

2. I wonder if the use of the word "capacity" is correct in such context.

3. What do we call a letter like this. I don't think it is called a recommendation letter, isn't it?


Hereby, personnel department of Gizan College of Technology certifies that the name mentioned above is one of its employees and he is working in the "capacity of English teacher" at Gizan College of Technology.

Further, his service with ( T.V.T.C)commenced as from 3/9/2002 AD until now.

This letter was issued upon his request on 25/10/2009 AD.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Izzy loves you all,

Izzy, please start another thread with this question, with a good title, as you always do.

I did so as it contains the name mentioned above where it is the point of discussion.

Any way, I will post in a new thread as you requested.