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kuku
07-17-2005, 03:46 PM
I am new in canada ,
and I feel hard to understand these sentence in grocery store...

e.g.> if I asked to store person, I need a tooth brush .....
then he says me like ...... go straight .....

1. half down there .....
2.Go down there ....
3. Straight down there ....

these kind of sentence
I don’t know the above sentences (#1, #2, #3) I wrote is write or wrong .......
If these sentences(#1, #2, #3) are wright , Please tell me the meaning with little explanation
if (#1, #2, #3) are wrong ,
please give me your own example by considering yourself in a grocery store

and please tell me what does DOWN have importance in sentences where DIRECTION is shown by some person .


thank you very much

Pete
07-17-2005, 08:39 PM
I am new in canada ,
and I feel hard to understand these sentence in grocery store...

e.g.> if I asked to store person, I need a tooth brush .....
then he says me like ...... go straight .....

1. half down there .....
2.Go down there ....
3. Straight down there ....

these kind of sentence
I don’t know the above sentences (#1, #2, #3) I wrote is <strike>write</strike> right or wrong .......
If these sentences(#1, #2, #3) are <strike>wright</strike> right , Please tell me the meaning with little explanation
if (#1, #2, #3) are wrong ,
please give me your own example by considering yourself in a grocery store

and please tell me what does DOWN have importance in sentences where DIRECTION is shown by some person .


thank you very much
Your sentences are not complete. Here are some possibilities with an explanation:

- Go half-way down that aisle; it will be on your right.
-- The tooth brushes will be somewhere near the middle of the aisle. Since "go" cannot take an object, you need some preposition before "aisle". "Down" is probably the most common; "along" would also work.

- Go down that aisle; it will be on your right.
-- The same as the previous example, but the clerk is not saying where along the aisle the toothbrushes are.

- Go straight down that aisle; it will be on your right.
-- This means basically the same as the previous sentence. The added word "straight" lets you know that you will not have to make any turns to follow the directions. That may well be redundant, but it could help avoid confusion.