Can you go downtown

Why is that?? Don't you use "downtown" as a noun that much? Could you explain it for me? Thank you for your help in advance! Lukillas6 Senior Member Argentina. Downtown is a noun in phrases where it is the subject. It can also be an adjective: -The downtown area is flooded with cars and tourists.

But it also act as an adverb, just like "home". I have to go downtown I have to go home I hope this cleared things up for you. As a non-native speaker, I'd say it's just a question of habbit. It's not so idiomatic to say go to downtown. Just like home can be a noun. But you don't really say go to home.

I have realized that a shorter form of expression will become more and more popular in English. I think it's the same in Japanese too. Salvage Senior Member Columbus, Ohio. There is a slang AE usage of "go downtown" which has some adverbial qualities. It has the sense of intensity or going to the extreme in doing something. The overtones can be physical, sexual, or almost anything you care to imagine. A hitter in baseball could "really go downtown on that ball. Last edited: Jul 9, Thank you very much everyone!!

Well, I agree "go to downtown" is not usual, but it can pop up even among native speakers from time to time, particularly with teens who use "like" over and over. Downtown it's a place in the city, so this can be used as a noun. You can see dowtown in gangster's movies. View source. History Talk 6. After Juliet puts the CD in the CD player and listens to it, it plays throughout the rest of the book club recap as part of the musical score in " One of Us ".

The other examples of this scoring technique so far are " Shambala " and " La Mer ". According to the October 09, episode of the official podcast , Juliet just put the wrong CD in the jewel case. From their comments it sounds like they may have had to change music at the eleventh hour, and this is just their explanation for the apparent inconsistency. Lost: Music from the Island for Solo Piano. Score composed by Michael Giacchino Stephen M.