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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Hill
Hi.
#1 We summered on the outskirts of Split. Tommy lived in a house down a hill (from us).
#2 We summered on the outskirts of Split. Tommy lived in a house down the hill (from us).
The hill hasn't been mentioned before in both cases. I parenthesized 'from us' because I may or may not write it, I think it's superfluous.
I think both are fine:
#1 a hill: I don't think my reader knows that there is a hill, so I am introducing it.
#2 the hill: it's the hill that's there, on which we lived. Even I haven't mentioned it, my reader will make this conclusion.
Can a native speaker confirm if I got it right? Thank you.
Kathy
#1 We summered on the outskirts of Split. Tommy lived in a house down a hill (from us).
#2 We summered on the outskirts of Split. Tommy lived in a house down the hill (from us).
The hill hasn't been mentioned before in both cases. I parenthesized 'from us' because I may or may not write it, I think it's superfluous.
I think both are fine:
#1 a hill: I don't think my reader knows that there is a hill, so I am introducing it.
#2 the hill: it's the hill that's there, on which we lived. Even I haven't mentioned it, my reader will make this conclusion.
Can a native speaker confirm if I got it right? Thank you.
Kathy
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) #1 This would be understood to mean: our house was on a hill on the outskirts of Split, and Tommy's house was on a hill one hill down from us - that is, on the hill next to our hill. Note: the phrase "from us" is required in this sense. ", is ungrammatical.
- ) #1 This would be understood to mean: our house was on a hill on the outskirts of Split, and Tommy's house was on a hill one hill down from us - that is, on the hill next to our hill.
- Note: the phrase "from us" is required in this sense.
- ", is ungrammatical.
- #2 This would be understood to mean: our house was on a hill on the outskirts of Split, and Tommy's house was on the same hill as ours, but at a lower elevation on the hill - that is, "down the hill from us".
- "From us" is not required here.
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(The following is US usage.)
#1 This would be understood to mean: our house was on a hill on the outskirts of Split, and Tommy's house was on a hill one hill down from us - that is, on the hill next to our hill. Note: the phrase "from us" is required in this sense. The sentence, "Tommy lived in a house down a hill.", is ungrammatical.
#2 This would be understood to mean: ou
#1 This would be understood to mean: our house was on a hill on the outskirts of Split, and Tommy's house was on a hill one hill down from us - that is, on the hill next to our hill. Note: the phrase "from us" is required in this sense. The sentence, "Tommy lived in a house down a hill.", is ungrammatical.
#2 This would be understood to mean: ou
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