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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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She just moved into a fancy apartment block in a little exclusive part of a town.

Is it fine to say "part of a town" if he doesn't know anything about the town?

  

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I don't follow you. How can he know what part of a town she moved into but not know what town or anything else? Your wording seems a bit off in any event.

  • I don't follow you.
  • How can he know what part of a town she moved into but not know what town or anything else?
  • Your wording seems a bit off in any event.
  • " "Part of a town" sounds like you meant to put "part of town" but didn't know the idiom.
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I don't follow you. How can he know what part of a town she moved into but not know what town or anything else?

Your wording seems a bit off in any event. If you want to make it clear that he doesn't know what town, you might put "in a little exclusive part of some town." If we all know what town, or it doesn't matter what town, "in a little exclusive part of town." "Part of a tow

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