30. Signposting

respectively is used to mean what

'the order in which I mentioned them'

where can respectively be used

at the end of a clause or earlier in the sentence

when do you use the former, the latter

if you have mentioned two things in your writing and want to refer back to them

the former

the first one mentioned

the latter

the second and last one mentioned

what can you use above for

to refer to something immediately before or something anywhere before

what do you use in the preceding/previous for

to reference to the part immediately before

what do you use as we saw for

to reference to a specific part before

what do you use below for

to refer to information that comes immediately afterwards or later on in the text

what do you use in the following for

to reference to the part immediately afterwards

what do you use as we shall see for

to reference to a specific part to come

what do you use as we shall see + comma for

for a general reference forwards