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  1. Nov 3, 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.

  2. Jun 10, 2017 · The thing is, the event is held in a coffee bar, so it is not really on the streets :) I just wanted to emphasize that it is not held in the class, but in town. I got a complaint that one can never say in the town because in town is an idiomatic expression. But I called it "in the town" on purpose. Now I am in doubt. –

  3. Mar 7, 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.

  4. Nov 2, 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.

  5. Oct 9, 2022 · As for using "town" about cities, I was thinking more of the fact that dictionaries explain the meaning of "city" in terms of "large town", which to me indicates that "town" would be a hypernym of "town" and "city" in much the same way as "dog" is a hypernym of "dog" and "bitch", but I guess I've drawn the wrong conclusion here. –

  6. Jul 22, 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".

  7. Both versions (with or without there) are perfectly normal things to ask.But if it is included, only the precise context (i.e. - what was said previously, who you're talking to, etc.) can tell us whether there refers to the location of the party, or the event itself.

  8. Mar 17, 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.

  9. Aug 13, 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.

  10. Mar 7, 2013 · A city is a legal entity, and can be large or small. Even a small town will have city limits--that is, the geographic border of the municipality's legal jurisdiction. The term village is not used often, at least not in American English, and when it is used, it often refers to a part of a city or town, or a neighborhood.

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