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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

from the station

1i00My house is about a ten-minute walk from the station.02br
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00It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house.02i
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00Do they carry about the same meaning and are they natural to say?02br
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00Thanks0-
  

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02br 02br 00It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house. 0-

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1i00My house is about a ten-minute walk from the station.02br
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00It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house. 02i
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00The second one doesn't tell us by which method.0-
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01cite10optilang12cite11i10My house is about a ten-minute walk from the station.12br
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10It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house. 12i
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10The second one doesn't tell us by which method.12br
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0 01i00My house is about a ten-minute walk from the station. 02i00Correct and natural02br
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00It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house. 02i
00Correct and natural if we know the method from context.02br
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01i00It takes about 10 minutes by foot to get to the station from my house.
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0 Many thanks, Opti.0-
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10It takes about 10 minutes by foot to get to the station from my house.12br
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10Hi LiJ02br
00I would say: 01i00It takes about 10 minutes to get to the station from my house 01b00on02b00 foot.02i02br
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0Hi02br
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00Either 'by' or 'on' can be used.02br
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05000, or 05100, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.0240hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/?Query=By footcBy foot241hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/?Query=On footcOn foot
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01cite10optilang12cite10It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the station from my house.12br
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00My first choice after the "ten-minute walk" version. Why bother with extra words like "to get there by foot" when you can simply say "walk"?0-
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0Thanks, everyone.0-

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