which is correct - in section below or below section

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We have given detail description of these tools in below section. or We have given detail description of these tools in section below.

which one is correct?

Either works; both require an article. "In the section below" or "In the below section". I'd say the former is more common and less clunky than the latter, and in either case I would prefer "following" to "below"; but that's just me talking. — Dan Bron, Aug 25 '14 at 19:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '14 at 19:42

Either is acceptable in UK English, provided that you to put a 'the' in there:

"We have given detailed descriptions of these tools in the below section."

or:

"We have given detailed descriptions of these tools in the section below."

or even:

"We have given detailed descriptions of these tools in the following section."

If you search google for the term 'the below section', you find many official UK and US documents which use it:

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