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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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A word in English and a difference

The city you're living in is divided up into a few parts normally. The occupants in each part may have their own characteristics like the level of life and wealth. What do you call those parts in both BrE and AmE please? I suspect some words like, "quarter", "local", etc. For example, you ask your friend, "in what ? (of the city) do you live?".


The second question is about the difference between "divide into" and "divide up into". What's the difference and in what situation each must be used, please?

  

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In the US, you might hear, for example: What area (of LA) do you live in? What part of LA/the city do you live in? What street do you live on?

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  • In the US, you might hear, for example: What area (of LA) do you live in?
  • What part of LA/the city do you live in?
  • What street do you live on?
  • ) Or simply: Where do you live (in LA)?
  • Words like "quarter," "section," "sector," or "neighborhood" are generally not used.
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In the US, you might hear, for example:


What area (of LA) do you live in?


What part of LA/the city do you live in?


What street do you live on? (The street you live on will sometimes indicate what type of neighborhood you live in.)


Or simply:


Where do you live (in LA)?


Words like "quarter," "section," "sector," or "neighborhood"

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"Divide up (into)" is often heard in connection with robberies, or agreements between rougher individuals:


"We'll divide the take up into equal shares for everyone."


"We'll divide it up equally so everyone gets a fair share."


"We'll put all the gold dust into one pile and then divide it up into four equal parts for the four of us."


"Divide into" is g

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In the city where I live the word "neighborhood" is used, or simply "part of town".

What [neighborhood / part of town] do you live in?

anonymousthe difference between "divide into" and "divide up into"

To my ear "divide up" suggests an agent. Somebody took action to perform the division. "up" is optional.

Our state is divided i

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