The original sentence is 'because of the bad weather, I couldn't see anything below'
I am sure it is right, but how about that 'because of the bad weather, I couldn't see anything under‘
Is the latter sentence still right, why or why not?
Sorry for not giving you the context. The writer was climbing a mountain with his parents.When they got to the top, the weather was so bad that they could not see anything.
I wonder if under and below are reversible in that sentence, or could I say under is also grammatically correct?
"below" also needs an object but we are able to assume one, i.e. "below us," "below our position." Everything we can see while looking outward or down is below us.
For "under," we can't figure out from context what is meant. What is under us is the snow, the ground, the mountain. The bad weather doesn't prevent use from seeing what's under any of those things. Thousands of tons of rock prevent us from seeing what's under the mountain.