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RegCor Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

in the block or on the block?

0Should the sentence be "Police responded to the scene of a one-vehicle crash 00in00 the 400 block of W. Paletown Road" OR "Police responded to the scene of a one-vehicle crash 00on 00the 400 block of W. Paletown Road"?0-
  

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0 01b 00RegCor,02br 02b 00Becasue of the exact location (00400 block),00 "at" is the correct prep. At the counter, bank, post office02br 00"In" is incorrect. "On" is possible depending on the context.

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  • 0 01b 00RegCor,02br 02b 00Becasue of the exact location (00400 block),00 "at" is the correct prep.
  • At the counter, bank, post office02br 00"In" is incorrect.
  • "On" is possible depending on the context.
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0 01b00RegCor,02br
02b00Becasue of the exact location (00400 block),00 "at" is the correct prep. Consider a few other location related usage with "at"....At the counter, bank, post office02br
00"In" is incorrect. "On" is possible depending on the context. 0-
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0Spending a few minutes with our friend Mr. Google shows that police reports (and therefore new reports of police activity) use "in the ?00 block" for this type of thing.0-
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00Hi GG,02br
00Thanks for the input. 02br
00I guess, we are both correct in the sense that these report style writing contains both "in" and "at" in the usage.02p

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001400 gallons lost at local stores is symptomatic of a national ...02br
00... on surveillance video at the Valero located at the 200 block of Hi

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“ The new girl ON the block “ is correct

“ The new girl IN the block “ is wrong

hope you understand

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