Keenlearner  +  932160 Wed, 07 Oct 09 04:41 PM Hello,         What is meant by "Down Town"?,e.g:i m living in down town nowadays.Where do u live by the way?? Keenlearner

	Best answer by RayH  +  932176 Wed, 07 Oct 09 04:55 PM Keenlearner “I'm living in downtown nowadays. Where do you live by the way??” The word you are looking for is "downtown" and it has different meanings in different cities. The best you are likely to do as far as a formal definition is this at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown and this at Answers.com: http://www.answers.com/topic/downtown RayH

	Keenlearner  +  932212 Wed, 07 Oct 09 05:25 PM Thanks very much for the correction and to help me out.  Is the term is basically used for a business hub of a city?Please do explain it to me , I'm still not getting the exact meaning of the word "downtown" and yes i was looking for "downtown"exactly. Keenlearner Careers, Business

	MrPernickety  +  932330 Wed, 07 Oct 09 07:14 PM Hi, Ray   BTW, is it natural to say "I live in downtown"? Wouldn't it be more natural to say "I live downtown" (the "in" is dropped out) ?   Thanks ! MrPernickety Joined on Sat, Oct 25 2008 Regular Member 748 Amendment XXX to the US Constitution: No man shall be held accountable for any promise he makes while drunk unless it was a bet.

	khoff  +  932335 Wed, 07 Oct 09 07:17 PM Right you are, Mr. P.  We don't say "I'm going to downtown" or "I live in (or at) downtown." I'm going downtown.  I live downtown.  Downtown is where all the action is.   Yes, it usually refers to the business hub of the city. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,277 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	RayH  +  932682 Thu, 08 Oct 09 12:12 AM MrPernickety “Wouldn't it be more natural to say "I live downtown" (the "in" is dropped out) ?” Yes, I missed making that correction in the original post. RayH

	MrPernickety  +  933238 Thu, 08 Oct 09 08:48 AM Thank you, Khoff, and Ray ! MrPernickety

	Keenlearner  +  934939 Fri, 09 Oct 09 10:18 AM Thanks every body,I really didnt know that "in" is unnecessary while using the term "downtown".Now I got that too. Keenlearner

	khoff  +  935598 Fri, 09 Oct 09 08:42 PM Just to make it a little more complicated -- you would only use a preposition if "downtown" is being used as an adjective describing part of a city, as opposed to a noun.  In other words, you would say I live downtown. I'm going downtown. but I live in downtown Los Angeles.     khoff Nouns, Prepositions, Adjectives, Countries, United States