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Minhuoc  #172699  Wed, 21 Dec 05 09:00 AM

Please tell me whether I use prepositions correctly.

These are some prepostions I have filled the gaps: on, behind, to, down, for, past, in, under, along, in front of.

A. Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the Grand Theater, please?

B. Yes, Go along this road and take the second turning to the right just past the supermarket. Go down that road for about half a mile. You'll come to a bridge. Go under the bridge and turn left. You'll see a big church in front of you. The theater is in  the square behind the church.

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Mister Micawber  #172705  Wed, 21 Dec 05 09:11 AM

It reads perfectly fine.  You could go under a bridge, I suppose, as well as over it; and theatres can be either in or on squares.


  
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Phuongninhbao  #173551  Fri, 23 Dec 05 04:10 PM

Mr Mecawbe has said you wrote perfectly. So I think you can help me to correct this  direction .. It seems similar to the way to go to your  grand theatre. It's a little too strange. You can take  eiher the straight way or the tortuous way. The tortuous away's better but the straight way is shorter.  It's up to you. I'll tell you the tortuous way to wander, anyway. After going more than a dozen steps, you take the stone stairs. Just after you leave the stone stairs, you reach a ravine with green pines. Just after you pass the ravine you'll see the crech . Turn left and go straight ahead, you continue to take  another stone stairs. Go down the short slope,  it's the site of our blond childhood.

  Thanks in advance.

  Phuong ninhi

  
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Mister Micawber  #174287  Sun, 25 Dec 05 10:55 AM

You can take  either the straight way or the tortuous way. The tortuous way is better, but the straight way is shorter.  It's up to you.  I'll tell you the tortuous way to wander, anyway:

After going about a dozen steps, you take the stone stairs.  Just after you leave the stone stairs, you reach a ravine with green pines. Just after you pass the ravine you'll see the creche. Turn left and then go straight ahead, and then you take another stone stairs.  Go down the short slope,  and you will come to the site of our blond childhood.

What in the world is a 'blond childhood'?

  
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