Which is correct above mentioned or below issues?
“The following issues” is more correct in both grammar and context. Or, quite simply, “the below issues”. Above-mentioned is indeed a single adjective or adjective phrase, whether it has found itself commonly constructed with hyphen, space, or neither.
Do you know if you found any common ground?
I don’t know if you found any common ground or not. Let me know if you hear anything other than screaming or birdcalls. Let me know if you see any coppers.
Which is better above mentioned or below mentioned?
With regard to your friend’s original statement, “below-mentioned” is a poor choice because “the issues” have not yet been mentioned. In other words, they are still pending statements…the below-as-yet-unmentioned issues? “The following issues” is more correct in both grammar and context.
Is the word above mentioned really two words?
above mentioned isn’t really two words. It’s a one-word adjective. He was satisfied, but he insisted he had seen it being written as two words. Later, out of curiosity, I did an ngram search, which shows that above mentioned as two separate words is indeed frequent.
“The following issues” is more correct in both grammar and context. Or, quite simply, “the below issues”. Above-mentioned is indeed a single adjective or adjective phrase, whether it has found itself commonly constructed with hyphen, space, or neither.
With regard to your friend’s original statement, “below-mentioned” is a poor choice because “the issues” have not yet been mentioned. In other words, they are still pending statements…the below-as-yet-unmentioned issues? “The following issues” is more correct in both grammar and context.
above mentioned isn’t really two words. It’s a one-word adjective. He was satisfied, but he insisted he had seen it being written as two words. Later, out of curiosity, I did an ngram search, which shows that above mentioned as two separate words is indeed frequent.
I don’t know if you found any common ground or not. Let me know if you hear anything other than screaming or birdcalls. Let me know if you see any coppers.