is this sentence correct?

MyShirley
We go straight past the shops.

Is this sentence correct?

thanks

Sounds British to me, but perfectly correct. Here in the colonies I'd probably use "right" instead of "straight".

Eek! Philip, would you really? That could make your reader/listener think you TURN RIGHT as soon as you've passed the shops. I try to avoid saying "right" as in "right on through" or "that's right" whenever I'm giving directions for that reason.

Grammar GeekEek! Philip, would you really? That could make your reader/listener think you TURN RIGHT as soon as you've passed the shops. I try to avoid saying "right" as in "right on through" or "that's right" whenever I'm giving directions for that reason.

"I saw you in the market yesterday, but you walked right past me as if you

Oh, sure, in that context it does. What you said went in one ear and right out the other is fine and doesn't carry implications about directionality.

But it's a different thing to say to someone "Turn left on Main Street, then go right past the shops. Our house is on the left."

Does the person turn right just after the shops, or continue straight at the shops? That's why

In wrtiting--

'We go right, past the shops' will probably look like 'we turn right past the shops'. Without the comma, it would be ambiguous.

In inflected speech--

'We go right past the shops' will probably be interpreted as 'we turn right past the shops'.

'We go right pas