To write clearly and effectively, avoid legal jargon like the word above-mentioned or aforementioned. Instead, use words such as previously, earlier or above.
- Legal jargon: The above-mentioned documents are available on our website.
- Plain language: The documents mentioned previously (or earlier or above) are available on our website.
- Legal jargon: The police have investigated the aforementioned incidents.
- Plain language: The police have investigated the above incidents.
You can also replace these terms with demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, those.
- Legal jargon: The above-mentioned documents are available on our website.
- Plain language: These documents are available on our website.
- Legal jargon: The police have investigated the aforementioned incidents.
- Plain language: The police have investigated these incidents.
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