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You can walk two blocks from here and then you will get to the hotel. Is the sentence correct? what does' block' mean?Thanks

K-M · Accepted Answer

MyShirleyYou walk two blocks from here and then you will arrive at the hotel.

Is the sentence correct? what does' block' mean?

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Its correct now

, very good try though

'Block' is an American term. Im British so I may be wrong but I believe a 'block' is a small area of roads/houses/buildings etc...

Pao3 · Answer

The word 'block' is used in similar way in my language, too. (czech) and it means all houses that are connected one to another (so it makes a long 'wall) this connection is usually interupted by another street, road...)

Goodman · Answer

MyShirley
You can walk two blocks from here and then you will get to the hotel.

Is the sentence correct? what does' block' mean?

Thanks

A City block is roughly 1/8 of a square mile which is surrounded by 4 intersections.

How do I get to my hotel?

You just walk two blocks from here .....

New2grammar · Answer

Does it mean 'get to' is used in questions while 'arrive at' is used in statements though they mean the same thing?

Khoff · Answer

Wow. "Block" is such a basic concept in the U.S. that it hadn't occurred to me it wasn't (nearly) universal!

[:^)] Sorry, Pao3, but in the U.S. a "block" does not usually mean a row of connected houses. In most U.S. cities the streets are arrayed in a grid, and a "block" is each area of land that is surrounded on four sides by streets. In newer neighborhoods the streets might be curved and the blocks are not rectangular, but we still have blocks -- As a unit of distance, a "block" is as far as you can walk in one direction without crossing a street. You can walk "around the block" by turning corners (but not crossing streets) until you return to your starting place.

Anyplace that has intersecting streets must have blocks. What do you call them in England??? How do you say "The post office is three blocks away" or "They live on the next block" or "Let's walk around the block"??

"Get to" is just a more colloquial form of "arrive at" or "reach" -- it doesn't matter if it's a question or a statement.

BarbaraPA · Answer

I'm curious as to why "get to" is considered incorrect? Is it an AmE/BrE difference?

A block does not require that the buildings all be attached. It simply means the length of a street that is bound by cross streets on each end.

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