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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Over there

"Five years ago I traveled as an exchange student to Italy and during my free time I worked as a receptionist in one of the best hotels over there."

In the sentence above is it ok to write over there,or the correct is just to say:

"Five years ago I traveled as an exchange student to Italy and during my free time, I worked as a receptionist in one of its (here referring to Italy) hotels." (?)

Thanks,

Andaluzia
  

Top answer

" 'Over' just stresses the distance. You could say' over there' , 'there', or just omit the phrase entirely because it is clear without it that you are talking about Italy. ) I'd just say 'in a hotel'.

— Clive

  • " 'Over' just stresses the distance.
  • You could say' over there' , 'there', or just omit the phrase entirely because it is clear without it that you are talking about Italy.
  • ) I'd just say 'in a hotel'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

Five years ago I traveled as an exchange student to Italy and during my free time I worked as a receptionist in one of the best hotels over there." 'Over' just stresses the distance. You could say' over there' , 'there', or just omit the phrase entirely because it is clear without it that you are talking about Italy.

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Why to complicate a sentence when you can write it in a simple language?
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Thanks, Neeraj Jain. The problem is that for a learner sometimes it is difficult to use the "simple language" in a proper way.

Best regards,

Andaluzia
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Thank you very much for helping me, Clive.

Have a nice day,

Andaluzia
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Why to complicate a sentence when you can write it in a simple language?

How would you suggest writing it more simply?

Here is one suggestion:

While I was an exchange student in Italy five years ago, I worked part time at one of the finest hotels there.
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