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Karen15 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Street / avenue

Hello,

What is the difference between a 'street' and an 'avenue'?

Thanks.

  

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Please check a dictionary first, and get back if anything is still unclear. com/definition/us/street

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Please check a dictionary first, and get back if anything is still unclear. For example:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/avenue

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition

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Karen15

Hello,
What is the difference between a 'street' and an 'avenue'?
Thanks.

In a great many cities and towns in the U.S. there is no difference except their orientation to the north-south axis.

If streets run east to west, then avenues run north to south.
If streets run north to south, then streets run east to west.

Thus,

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