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Transportation is very convenient where I live. There is a shopping mall, a bank, and a fish market near (my house / where I live / etc). Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. transportationisconvenient Threadstarter bosun Startdate Nov25,2007 B bosun Banned korean Whenyouwanttosay,yourhouseislocatedinagoodplacewhereyoucangetanywhere.CanIsayasfollows? transportationisconvenientaroundmyplace.Igotshoppingmall,bank,andfishmarketaroundmyplace.   A Avignonais SeniorMember USA USA,Anglophone (public)transportationisconvenienttomyhouse.Thereisa...   quietdandelion Banned Homesweethome Formosa/Chinese Hi,Avig. Isitcopacetictowrite"Wehaveconvenientpublictransportationtomyhouse.Thereisa...?"   A Avignonais SeniorMember USA USA,Anglophone quietdandelionsaid: Hi,Avig. Isitcopacetictowrite"Wehaveconvenientpublictransportationnearmyhouse.Thereisa...?" Clicktoexpand...   quietdandelion Banned Homesweethome Formosa/Chinese Thanks,Avig. That'sreallyinterestingandconfusingatthesametimewhyit'stomyhouseinyourversionwhilenearmyhouseinmine.Couldyoucomeupwithareason?   M MusicalChairs SeniorMember Japan&US,Japanese&English transportationisconvenientaroundmyplace.Igotshoppingmall,bank,andfishmarketaroundmyplace. TransportationisveryconvenientwhereIlive.Thereisashoppingmall,abank,andafishmarketnear(myhouse/whereIlive/etc).   quietdandelion Banned Homesweethome Formosa/Chinese Hi,MC. Sinceyouhaveparticipatedinthisthread,couldyoudigupareasonfortheto/nearmyhousepart?   M MusicalChairs SeniorMember Japan&US,Japanese&English "Wehaveconvenientpublictransportationtomyhouse"-onlyTOthehouse,andnotawayfromit.   quietdandelion Banned Homesweethome Formosa/Chinese MusicalChairssaid: "Wehaveconvenientpublictransportationtomyhouse"-onlyTOthehouse,andnotawayfromit. Clicktoexpand... Thanks,MC. Butwhatarethereasonsbehindthisusage?Withoutthereasonsorrules,wenonnativersareallatseas.   A Avignonais SeniorMember USA USA,Anglophone MChaspointedoutthatwehaveconvenienttransportationtomyhouseisambiguous.Hehasshownanotherpossiblemeaning.(onlytothehousebutnotfromthehouse).AmbiguityisonemajorreasonwewillchangeanEnglishsentence,rephraseittosomethingmoreclear. Ontheotherhandwhenyousay,"publictransportationisconvenienttomyhouse",itisanidiomaticwayofsayingitisclosetomyhouse.Thesubstitutionof"iscloseto"for"isconvenientto"happensandthereisnoconfusion.   quietdandelion Banned Homesweethome Formosa/Chinese Thanks,Avig,fortheclearexplanation. Gotit. Bytheway,ifit'sdailyspeech,isitacceptibletosay"wehaveconvenienttransportationtomyhouse?"Itseemstomethat"frommyhouse"isunderstoodintheexpression.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top