Many people have trouble spelling down. There are many questions on the web about this topic. You can read about how this word is spelled and what it is in this article.
Down or down?
The word "down" has several forms. To determine how to write it correctly, you must first understand what part of speech it is.
It is used as:
- Adverbs. In this case, the word answers the question "where" and means the direction of movement. For example: "His grades have gone down lately." Another example of the use of the adverb: "The neighbor who lived downstairs terrified the whole house."
- Derivative preposition. In this case, the word "below" usually has a dependent word to which it refers. Without a noun, the derivative preposition is not used. For example: "At the bottom of the page you can see the link".
- Separate writing is possible if you use a noun and a preposition together: "in" and "down". In this case, the spelling of the word is not difficult. For example: "Patientcomplained of pain in the lower abdomen".
In order to determine for sure how a word is spelled correctly, you can remember some rules.
How to write correctly
If the word answers the question "where" or "where", then you need to write "down" together. For example: "Lesha was going (where?) Down".
In what cases and how is it written "to the bottom" if we mean a noun with a preposition? The secret is pretty simple. If additional words (adjectives) can be inserted between "in" and "bottom", then they are written separately. Like this. For example: "at the very bottom of the gorge".
According to statistics, only 44% of Russians know how to spell the word "below". However, if you apply simple logic, it turns out that there is nothing complicated in spelling.
Thus, we can conclude that the word "below" is almost always written together, with rare exceptions. For better memorization, philologists recommend practicing more often, then soon writing texts in Russian will be given to you easily and without errors.
