On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 07:03:54PM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: >> > >> >this was probably meant to be "aforementioned". >> >jmc >> > >> And you could take out all the agony by saying: >> "in the same address space as the revisions mentioned above" >> Mind you, abovementioned is found in many dictionaries and some copy >> editors insist on above-mentioned. >> > > you're right...i wrote my original mail without having any dictionaries > to hand. i cannot really think of ever having heard "above-mentioned", > but it's in the oxford style guide, right enough. > >> I prefer rearrangement for simplicity to remove irritation. ;) >> > > but then we would not get to use words like aforesaid and > aforementioned, both of which are much classier than "the thing i said > before" or "the stuff above". > > jmc > >
I'm fine with any classy alternative. :-). .... Ken
