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3 de nov. de 2022 · The phrase, "in town", however, functions as an adverb, roughly means "here, in the local area". Merriam-Webster describes it simply as "in this town", but it can be any place, not necessarily a town. Drew's in town this weekend. This means Drew, who presumably doesn't live locally, is here, in this city/town/village/etc., this weekend.
10 de jun. de 2017 · 5. Both are possible, but "in town" is significantly more idiomatic. "In town" not only means "in the town, as opposed to outside in a rural area", but also strongly connotes "visiting, on hand, close by". It's understood to mean "in our town". Hey, kids!
7 de mar. de 2022 · I live in a town called Smallville. There are five major towns in my county. As an uncountable noun, meaning "land with houses, in contrast to countryside" Do you prefer life in town or on a farm? It also has a sense which is grammatically uncountable, meaning "This town" or "the local major town". In this sense it is like a proper noun.
Now "family" is not being used as a noun, but as an adjective modifying "members". Similarly if you said, "The members of my family do ..." The subject of the verb is "members", which is plural. "of my family" is an adjective phrase modifying "members", and does not affect whether the verb is singular or plural. Share.
22 de jul. de 2017 · However, many towns only have a "downtown", which is basically the business district of the town and generally doesn't have anything to do with the cardinal directions (traditionally, such districts are centrally located). In fact, Cambridge Dictionary's American definition of downtown specifically references the "central part of a city".
2 de nov. de 2015 · Back to your original question about on vs. in our town: Yes, if you describe something you do at a certain place, it would be in a town. On a town evokes a sense of "coming from above"- it rains on a town (or any other random object). You are right. "on our own" makes much more sense. Thanks for your answer.
9 de out. de 2022 · In the USA, after the name and street you have a line with "City State-code Zip". Even if you don't live in a "city", you would still have a "City" for your postal address. You may have an address in "Ten Sleep WY" (pop. 206) but you would still use "Ten Sleep" as your "city". This works for the USA. It doesn't work in other countries in which ...
26 de fev. de 2018 · I say derivative as while the word often simply involves adding an 'n' to the location for countries (American, Russian, Costa Rican), or 'er' to a town or city (the afore-mentioned Londoner, New Yorker, Berliner), it can get a bit more complex: Germans lose a 'y' from Germany, for a Mexican the 'o' changes to 'an', Canada also adds an 'i ...
10 de jul. de 2019 · 1. He moved across town and he moved across the town can both be valid sentences, but they do not mean the same thing. Town is a very old word and has numerous different uses, some which are countable, and some which are not. When used without an article, town usually refers to the population center where one is located, or which is nearest.
The police chief was highly visible at the town meeting. In these two sentences, we are not speaking of "a police". You could easily remove the word from both sentences and they would make sense semantically and grammatically. Instead, the word describes the department or chief. It gives us context. "Police" also has a verb form.
