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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

boarded-up

He walked along the streets downtown, looking at the boarded-up buildings.

What does the "boarded-up" mean in this context?

Please help me.
  

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Thank you Pineanne.

Does the downtown mean "centre of the street"?

Please help me.
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User_garyHe walked along the streets downtown, looking at the boarded-up buildings.

Does the downtown mean "centre of the street"?
No, he walked along the streets in the city centre (or center, if you prefer AmE)
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Are you sure he walked in the city centre?

>He walked along the streets downtown,
Doesn't it mean He walked towards the city centre ???
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If he is downtown, he is in the main part of the city. He is walking along the streets in the city's center. He is not walking toward the city center.
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I have doubts because downtown means in or towards the centre of a city

to go/work downtown

what makes you so sure that he was walking in the city center ?
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Anonymous

User_garyHe walked along the streets downtown, looking at the boarded-up buildings.

Does the downtown mean "centre of the street"?

No, he walked along the streets in the city centre (or center, if you prefer AmE)

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User_garyThank you Pineanne.

Does the downtown mean "centre of the street"?

Please help me.

Downtown means the town's centre, not the street's centre.
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DominikI have doubts because downtown means in or towards the centre of a city

If I say simply I am walking downtown, you could think I am walking around in the downtown area, or that I am making my toward the downtown area.

But your original sentence says He walks along the streets downtown -- this
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