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Addyaddy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

to the north or in the north

what is the difference between
to the north
and
in the north
  

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"To the north" has some kind of reference point. Point B is to the north of point A. The weather downtown is clear and sunny, but to the north the clouds are starting to move in.

  • "To the north" has some kind of reference point.
  • Point B is to the north of point A.
  • The weather downtown is clear and sunny, but to the north the clouds are starting to move in.
  • "In the north" refers to a region.
  • It could be the northern section of a country in the southern hemisphere.
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"To the north" has some kind of reference point. Point B is to the north of point A.
The weather downtown is clear and sunny, but to the north the clouds are starting to move in.

"In the north" refers to a region. It could be the northern section of a country in the southern hemisphere.
In the south, Joe Blow is way ahead in the polls, but in the north he's way behind.
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Is there a sentence you want to ask about?
eg.
In the US, people who live in the south call people who live in the north Yankees.
If you look to the north, you will see the mountains in the distance.

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