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- Is there any difference between go to the city centre and go into . . .
Normally you would say that you go to somewhere specific; while we go into an area "Go to the centre" sounds like you are going to the 'dead centre'; that is the precise central point of something A "city centre" is not necessarily the central point of a place, but is what we call the main business and commercial area of a city
- Im going into the city vs. Im going to the city
It would be ridiculous to suppose there's some kind of "critical distance" involved here, whereby people nearer would always speak of going into the city, and people further away would simply go to the city It's just that into more strongly implies going right inside the place (usually, the city or town centre, in this case)
- Are both out of the city and outside the city correct and natural?
I drove a little way out of the city I live a little way outside the city Bit is not (to me) a very natural word to use here, but I would use out only with verbs of movement
- Which bus goes to the city? VS which bus does go to the city?
But for an emphatic purpose or insisting on an answer, "Tell me, which bus does go to the city?" is also possible If the question words ( What, Which, Who, Whose, How many etc) come as the subject or subject part of the question, normally forms of do ( do, does, did ) are not used
- word choice - Should I say Which city or What city - in the . . .
Hi! I'm from Timbuktu What city are you from? The same rules apply to asking about the city someone lives in, but please note the change I made above (do you come from, not have you come from, unless you mean "I see you just got off an airplane! What city have you just come from?") For "living", you should say: What which city are you living in
- Is there a difference between I saw him going. . . and I saw him go. . . ?
In the sentence with the ing-form, the speaker saw only a part of the action of going to the city He did not witness the person going from his starting point all the way to the city In the second sentence, however, the speaker witnessed the whole action He saw the person leave home and also saw him doing the whole travel to the city
- what is difference between sorry, excuse me and pardon me?
In actual use there is a great deal of overlap and all of these expressions can be heard at some time I would recommend using "sorry" when you regret something, and would try not to do it again
- Can I say I am going to the downtown?
Downtown is treated like a proper noun (although it is not capitalized) when you are talking about a specific city You wouldn't say "I am going to the New York City," either You can treat it like a common noun when you are talking about the downtown area of a generic city: for example, "A good downtown will attract tourists " –
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