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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Below VS Following

Hi

Would you say both "below" and "following" carry the same meaning here?

Look at the below email and try to find out...
Look at the following email and try to find out...

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

Below indicates that the e-mail will appear beneath the sentence; following indicates that the e-mail is about to appear. The more standard order is the e-mail below .

— RandomGuy

  • Below indicates that the e-mail will appear beneath the sentence; following indicates that the e-mail is about to appear.
  • The more standard order is the e-mail below .
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Below indicates that the e-mail will appear beneath the sentence; following indicates that the e-mail is about to appear.

The more standard order is the e-mail below.
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Hi Aspara Gus. I often see native speakers use 'below+noun'. Isn't it incorrect? I looked up the word below on MW.com and below isn't used as an adjective. Or is it used as a preposition?
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NugsoI often see native speakers use 'below+noun'. Isn't it incorrect?
I don’t think it’s flat-out ungrammatical, but it certainly isn’t fully standard.
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Thanks for the reply, Aspara Gus!
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I'm a native British English speaker and I'd never use below + email. It sounds really odd. That said I have seen others do it - but only ever in the context "in the below email" I'd avoid it.
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