The sentence structure of 内容を必ず確認のうえ


> 内容 **を** 必ず確認 **の** うえ、平成29年度の申告書を作成してくだ さい。

I noticed that 内容を必ず確認のうえ is used quite frequently in banks' websites and
financial documents, like in the above example. It must be something simple
and well understood, but I have difficulty reconciling the structure of the
sentence:

  1. Why the direct object 内容を does not have any verb?
  2. Why the adverb 必ず is used before a noun?
  3. What does のうえ refer to? I cannot relate anything in the contents of the document.

Is 確認 kind of an abbreviation of 確認する here and could possibly answer questions
1 and 2?




確認 is technically a noun, but it is behaving as a verb in this sentence. If
the sentence ended after the first part, you might say 内容を確認する。The noun 確認 and
the verb する combine to act as a single word.

必ず is being used to say " **make sure** you check the content"

のうえ is usually used in more formal situations, it comes after a verb and is a
conjunction meaning " having done (verb)".

The example sentence you gave would be something along the lines of "Once
you've made sure to check the contents, please then fill out the 2017
declaration form."




確認 is technically a noun, but it is behaving as a verb in this sentence. If
the sentence ended after the first part, you might say 内容を確認する。The noun 確認 and
the verb する combine to act as a single word.

必ず is being used to say " **make sure** you check the content"

のうえ is usually used in more formal situations, it comes after a verb and is a
conjunction meaning " having done (verb)".

The example sentence you gave would be something along the lines of "Once
you've made sure to check the contents, please then fill out the 2017
declaration form."

