I have a stupid question about the use of the word "Figure".
Do we say "In Figure below" or "In the Figure below".
Thanks
Omer
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If you are writing a document with figures in it, you should look and see what the convention is for the sort of document you are writing, i.e. what other authors for the same book publisher or journal do. For any question here you are expected to show that you have done some research yourself before posting. – David Sep 15 '19 at 17:46
The question in the title and the question in the body are different, so let's answer both.
In the figure below
is correct. Omitting the article would be ungrammatical. Technically if there was more than one figure below you could say "in a figure below".
However if you are already specifying which figure you mean you do not need an article.
In Figure 1
is correct and needs no article. In the Figure 1 would be wrong.
Adding 'below' parenthetically does not change that.
In Figure 1 (below)
is also correct.
answered Sep 15 '19 at 17:11
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In other words, you have two choices -- (1) all lower case, with article; (2) upper case, without article. – aparente001 Sep 16 '19 at 5:01
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It's the figure identified by a number which doesn't need an article. – Kate Bunting Sep 16 '19 at 8:25
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In English texts it is usual to say "In the figure below". Read almost any text book or instruction manual to find examples. This question has been asked before.
answered Sep 15 '19 at 16:23
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I checked if it was asked before but I don't think so. Well, it's about "The". When using Grammarly for example, they correct it for me by erasing the "The". That's why I'm lost about this. – LEVOMAR Sep 15 '19 at 17:02
