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"Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.'



 
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"Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.' #1 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:22 am   "Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.'
 

Hi

Could you please tell me if we can use "below" as an adjective like this. I wrote an official email to a friend, and he answered it like this:

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Thank you for your below emails.


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"Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.' #2 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:44 am   "Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.'
 

Hi Tom,

I think this use of 'below' is not natural. It could also take on another meaning from the one intended. Perhaps, although this isn't much cop either, 'your emails below' or 'your emails listed/given below'

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"Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.' #3 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:45 am   "Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.'
 

Many, many thanks, Alan for the immediate response.

Could I deviate from the topic a bit? :shock:

Could you please tell me if the following sentences are synonymous? I have always used the second style.

Alan wrote:
I think this use of 'below' is not natural


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I don't think this use of 'below' is natural.


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"Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.' #4 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 14:36 pm   "Below" as an adjective. 'Thank you for your below emails.'
 

It's just a variation - I wanted to emphasise the 'not'.

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