preposition
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BAD : Below the table there were some empty wine bottles.
GOOD : Under the table there were some empty wine bottles.
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below = at or to a lower level than something: 'My room is on the third floor, and John's is on the floor below.' 'Our helicopter hovered just below the summit so that we could film the rescue.
'under (or beneath/underneath ) = directly below something, and sometimes touching or covered by it: 'Come and stand under my umbrella.' 'I eventually found the letter under a pile of old newspapers.'
2
BAD : The below report describes my recent stay at the Hotel Grove.
GOOD : The report below describes my recent stay at the Hotel Grove.
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When below refers to the position of something on a page, it comes after the noun: 'Last month's sales figures are set out in the table below.'
Note that above can go before or after the noun: 'the table above', 'the above table'.
3
BAD : The room rates are much below average for hotels in this area.
GOOD : The room rates are far below average for hotels in this area.
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far below (NOT much ): 'The cost of the trip was far below what we had expected.'
Compare: 'The room rates were much/far lower than we had expected.'