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Spacewater Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Below street level?

a three-room apartment below street level.

what does below street level mean?
  

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The floor of the apartment is lower than the street -- roughly the same location in the building as a cellar.

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  • The floor of the apartment is lower than the street -- roughly the same location in the building as a cellar.
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The floor of the apartment is lower than the street -- roughly the same location in the building as a cellar.
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I think that's an apartment floor that's about half above and half below the ground/street level.
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That's quite possible, Honeytonguedharpy. However, it's not possible to judge exactly how much lower than street level the apartment actually is until you see it (or ask the owner for this information).
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honeytonguedharpyI think that's an apartment floor that's about half above and half below the ground/street level.


Just an aside:

You don't use the definite article before "street level".
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