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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Here/there

On the subway train in Japan, the conductor makes an announcement in English before the train arrives the next station, saying:

'The next station is Tokyo. Please change here for the Chuo line.' (They never say 'Please change there')

Shouldn't 'there' be used as long as the train is between the stations, or does either 'here' or 'there' work in this case?

Thanks
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I think either works just fine. I would probably say "there" myself, but as long as you had already left the prior station so there was no possibility of confusion, I'd understand he was already thinking about "Tokyo" as being "here."

But now that I think of it, this is a question hand made for Mr. Micawber.
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I think either works just fine. I would probably say "there" myself, but as long as you had already left the prior station so there was no possibility of confusion, I'd understand he was already thinking about "Tokyo" as being "here."

But now that I think of it, this is a question hand made for Mr. Micawber.

Got it! Thanks,
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I'd use here, as you're closing in to it.
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Marius HancuI'd use here, as you're closing in to it.
I understand what you mean. If I had missed to get off at the prior station, I would have said 'I had to get off there.' In this case there means the prior station, I suppose.

Thanks, Marius.
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