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How do you see your hometown growing in the next 20 years? Is your hometown growing? Is this a good or a bad thing? Tell me why I would enjoy visiting your hometown. Tell me why I should visit your hometown. What interesting city lies to the north, south, east, west of your hometown? How many stoplights does your hometown have?
1 Answer. Sorted by: 3. Hometown as a noun is American English. Home town (n.) is British English. Since it's a two-word phrase in British English, it would need to be converted into a compound adjective by using a hyphen, rather than combining them into one word: "My home-town memories" rather than " hometown memories".
Dec 3, 2010 · ex. I live in Washinton County of PA, in the US (because "Washington County" is a common name) "Hometown" is often said of cities though-- it's easier to feel familiar with a place the size of a town than it is to really know the whole of a city, so people will often prefer "hometown" though it's not really correct.
Jan 29, 2018 · The first and third ask what is the name of the hometown. The second asks for the location of the hometown. So which is correct depends on what kind of answer you want. All three are grammatically correct. The meaning of 2 is different; it asks for the location rather than the name of the hometown. Native speakers would almost always prefer 1 ...
Aug 14, 2019 · Downvote (which I accept was a bit harsh) reversed following your edit! :) On reflection, it's probably a good thing that this particular example might help some learners to recognize that preposition use in English is sometimes flexible and/or can change significantly over time (and thus the "correct" preposition for any given context isn't always as clear-cut as they might otherwise assume).
Jun 11, 2015 · Senior Member. India. Hindi. Jun 11, 2015. #1. Which preposition should I use in the following sentence? I'm enjoying my summer vacation in/at my hometown?
Oct 20, 2019 · Oct 20, 2019. #2. Home state is an informal term. For someone born and raised and living in Massachusetts, the answer is easy. Massachusetts. For someone who has moved around a bit, it's trickier. The answer in your question is unlikely to be Missouri. It will be either Massachusetts or California. It depends on how long the person lived in ...
Feb 2, 2009 · Feb 2, 2009. #1. I got in a little hometown jam. And so they put a rifle in my hands. this comes from Bruce Springsteen 's lyrics. Sorry but i know what is to be in a jam or to get oneself in a jam but here what could be a hometown jam ? Thanks for sheding me some light on this one. A.
Apr 8, 2020 · Apr 8, 2020. #2. These sentences describe the whole trip (from home to my hometown): I was going back to my hometown yesterday afternoon. I went back to my hometown yesterday afternoon. It took me five hours to get to my hometown. If you want to talk about something else that happened during the trip, you can use progressive for the trip:
Nov 27, 2021 · English (Ireland) Nov 27, 2021. #2. Many people are not born in towns, so the meaning of "hometown" is too narrow. Their birthplace is fine here, although I think the original is perfectly ok and not at all odd - that's how I would say it myself. I rarely hear anyone use the word "hometown". Maybe it's an American thing.
