"on the street" vs "in the street"
Вот как BBC объясняет разницу. Туманно:
И еще:
Вот как BBC объясняет разницу. Туманно:
It depends upon perspective. Compare the following:
* 'There were crowds of people on the streets.'
* 'In the street where I live there are speed bumps every fifty yards.'
In the first example, we imagine someone surveying the crowds from a distance and in the second example the perspective is from inside the street.
* 'There were crowds of people on the streets.'
* 'In the street where I live there are speed bumps every fifty yards.'
In the first example, we imagine someone surveying the crowds from a distance and in the second example the perspective is from inside the street.
'In the street' implies that he's walking out in the middle of the street.
'On the street' implies that you've seen him outside, as compared to indoors.
UK usage recognises " walking in the street " as, walking along the pavement, not in the centre of the road which the pavement borders.
'On the street' implies that you've seen him outside, as compared to indoors.
UK usage recognises " walking in the street " as, walking along the pavement, not in the centre of the road which the pavement borders.
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