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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Verbs with south, north

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00I'd like to know how to use properly verbs with south-north-east-west, do I need prepositions before them? For ex.: 02br
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00Birds fly south or Birds fly to the south. 02br
00Some soldiers are heading north or Some soldiers are heading to the north. 02br
00I'm driving east or I'm driving to the east. 02br
00I'll go west or I'll go to the west. 0-
  

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0 I personally would use all your examples without "the", but wait for someone else's opinion... 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 I personally would use all your examples without "the", but wait for someone else's opinion...
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0 I personally would use all your examples without "the", but wait for someone else's opinion... 0-
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0 If you are standing with someone and they ask you which way their friends went, 02br
00you'd be inclined to say they headed east, as a direction. If you were to recount 02br
00in a more geographical sense, then you might say they continued to the east 02br
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0 pieanne, do you mean this?: 02br
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00Birds fly to south. 02br
00Some soldiers are heading to north. 02br
00I'm driving to east. 02br
00I'll go to west. 02br
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00What about: comes (from the) east, blows (from the) east. Is it possible to leave out "from the" or just "the"? 0-
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0 I think what Pieanne means is this: 02br
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00Birds fly south. 02br
00Some soldiers are heading north. 02br
00I'm driving east. 02br
00I'll go west. 0-
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0 a) 02br
00i)Birds fly south. = Birds fly SOUTHWARDLY. 02br
00ii) Birds fly to the south. = Birds fly to the south OF WHERE THEY ARE PRESENLY. 02br
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00b) 02br
00i) Some soldiers are heading north. = Some soldiers are heading NORTHWARDLY. 02br
00ii) Some soldiers are heading to the north. = Some soldiers are heading to the
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0 Hi temco, 02br
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00The adverbs for north, south, east and west are: 02br
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00northwards, southwards, eastwards, westwards. . 050010id1
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0 You can use 'south' as an adverb in the sense of 'to the south'. 'Southward' and 'southwards' are also used in the same meaning. 'Southwardly' can mean both 'to the south' and 'from the south'. (EX) The mild wind blew southwardly. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0 Hi Paco, 02br
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00Yes, southward and southwards have the same meaning. If we were talking about the wind we would say "southerly", northerly, etc. "Blow the wind southerly" 02br
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00 Maybe this is a difference between BrE and AmE. [:^)] 0-
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0 Hello Abbie 02br
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00The below is an explanation given in OED. I'm afraid the usage is a bit out of date. 02br
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01b00southwardly02b00, adv. and adj. [f. prec. + -ly2.] 02br
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00A. as an adverb. 02br
01b001.02b00 From the south. 02br
001596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie'
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0 To paco2004 02br
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00Can you tell me the difference between:- 02br
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00a) The mild wind blew southwardly. 02br
00b) The southwardly wind blew mildly. 02br
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00Do both above sentences mean "'to the south' and 'from the south' " to you?? 02br
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00For your information, "southwardly", "northwar
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