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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference betwwen " in front and in the front"?

I was driving my car on the way home and I noticed that
1) There were two cars in front
2) There were two cars in the front.
3) There were two cars ahead.
what is the difference among ( in the front, in front and ahead) in terms of distance from my car? what are the opposite?
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Hi, I was driving my car on the way home and I noticed that 1) There were two cars in front of me. When you use 'in front' in relationship to a person, you usually need to relate it to that person. eg in front of me eg in front of Tom We do sometimes omit 'of me/of Tom', but it's assumed.

— Clive

  • Hi, I was driving my car on the way home and I noticed that 1) There were two cars in front of me.
  • When you use 'in front' in relationship to a person, you usually need to relate it to that person.
  • eg in front of me eg in front of Tom We do sometimes omit 'of me/of Tom', but it's assumed.
  • 2) There were two cars in the front.
  • We don't say this in relationship to ourselves or other people.
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Hi,

I was driving my car on the way home and I noticed that
1) There were two cars in front of me. When you use 'in front' in relationship to a person, you usually need to relate it to that person.

eg in front of me

eg in front of Tom

We do sometimes omit 'of me/of Tom', but it's assumed.



2) There were two cars in the front. We don
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I was driving my car on the way home and I noticed that
1) there were two cars in front of me.
2) there were two cars in the front.
3) there were two cars ahead of me.

These two have the same meaning. The opposite is "behind me", rarely, "in back of me".
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in the front means in the front part of something (unders
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