They went in/to/towards/toward that direction.

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Angliholic

#460862 Sun, 06 Jan 08 01:29 AM

They went in/to/towards/toward that direction.

I presume it's "in" that fits best in the above sample, but in our language, it's the other way around. We use to/towards/toward in this similar context, but never "in." So I wonder if you can dig up a reason or two for this unique usage.

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Yoong Liat

#461042 Sun, 06 Jan 08 10:07 AM

Angliholic wrote:

They went in/to/towards/toward that direction.

I presume it's "in" that fits best in the above sample, but in our language, it's the other way around. We use to/towards/toward in this similar context, but never "in." So I wonder if you can dig up a reason or two for this unique usage.

'in' is correct. I don't think there's a reason for it.

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Angliholic

#461102 Sun, 06 Jan 08 12:15 PM

Yoong Liat wrote:
Angliholic wrote:

They went in/to/towards/toward that direction.

I presume it's "in" that fits best in the above sample, but in our language, it's the other way around. We use to/towards/toward in this similar context, but never "in." So I wonder if you can dig up a reason or two for this unique usage.

'in' is correct. I don't think there's a reason for it.

Thanks, Yoong.

What about the following? If I replace "direction" with "store," then the preposition "in" is also changed. Nevertheless, in Chinese, we use the same preposition in this case.

They went to/towards/toward that store.