above-mentioned vs mentioned

Both 'above-mentioned' and 'mentioned' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Above-mentioned' is used to refer to something that has been mentioned earlier in the text, while 'mentioned' is used to simply state that something has been brought up.

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above-mentioned

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to something that has been mentioned earlier in the text.

Use 'above-mentioned' when you want to refer to something that has been previously mentioned in the text. It helps to avoid repetition and provides clarity.

Examples:

Please refer to the above-mentioned guidelines for further information.
The above-mentioned issues need to be addressed before proceeding.
The above-mentioned points were discussed in detail during the meeting.

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When overheated, loaded onto the cream mixed with flour (half the amount of above-mentioned) and boil.
See the Commission's above-mentioned communication of 20 March 2002, p.
Therefore, the two above-mentioned cumulative conditions are met in the present case.
This proposal intends to integrate and modify the three existing, above-mentioned Regulations.
Centers above-mentioned stimulate or stop secretions in those organs enumerated, according to a vibrational frequency.
For a better evaluation we suggest to consult the book above-mentioned.
In any case your data will be processed for the purposes above-mentioned.
These above-mentioned commitments are realised daily by Cheddite through the ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 certifications.
Up: the stock of impulses at W RMS power as above-mentioned.
Conjunctiva clouded and grayish, with grains of sand and above-mentioned fibrous threads.
All above-mentioned results in the improvement of imagine quality of all progressive lenses.
whereas in its above-mentioned resolution, Parliament
Registration means the association is completed when one of the three above-mentioned actions has been performed.
Participation in the Viotti Competition 2015 implies a tacit agreement of this above-mentioned rule.
Margie Sudre, who requested confirmation that both above-mentioned reports would be voted on without debate (the President confirmed this).
Apart from the two above-mentioned forms of advertising, there is text, graphics and banners.
Multiple-dose toxicity studies in rats and dogs confirmed these above-mentioned observations, but the study duration was limited to two weeks by antibody formation to the human protein tenecteplase, which resulted in anaphylaxis.
If you add Switzerland and the five above-mentioned countries, then I think that we are not far off the one hundred percent mark.
For Tlaxcala activists and users Esperanto will be perhaps a different and scarcely known way of seeing and living - free of intermediaries - that above-mentioned multiculturalism.
At the present time, the Commission has yet to receive notification of all of the plans required under the two above-mentioned directives.

Alternatives:

aforementioned
previously mentioned
as mentioned earlier
referenced above
stated previously

mentioned

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to simply state that something has been brought up or referenced.

Use 'mentioned' when you want to indicate that something has been brought up or referenced without specifying that it was mentioned earlier in the text.