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3 nov. 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 juin 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 mars 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.
22 juil. 2017 · The town is built on a hill; our central business district is called "Uptown" instead of "downtown" because it runs along the ridge of the hill, so you must literally go up to get to Uptown from almost any other part of the town. Thus, when you say "I'm headed uptown" here you may be going either north or south, unlike in Manhattan. Another example of this is
2 nov. 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.
13 août 2021 · As a speaker of US English, I would not use "best in town" for anything that is not literally "in town". It is not idiomatic for "the best that there is". More idiomatic would be saying that they are " (the) best in (their) class" or that they are "the best around". Share. Improve this answer. answered Aug 13, 2021 at 3:20. stangdon. 41k 9 72 101.
26 févr. 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 ...
17 mars 2018 · I'm new to this town. and thereby mean that there are things a singer must learn in order to succeed in Nashville. A newly elected member of the House of Representatives might say of Washington DC: I'm new to this town. and mean much the same thing. When we are new in a place, we are newly arrived there.
175k 14 261 463. 2. To "draw [water]" means to pump it or otherwise cause it to flow. This idiom would be much more familiar to an American speaker than the nautical reference to a boat's draw. (In fact, in AmE that would normally be called its "draft", not "draw".) – GalacticCowboy.
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.
