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  1. 10-May-2005, 10:35 #1
    Agesak Guest

    Default use of "in" and "to" in the following sentence

    1. He went to town

    2. He has go in town

    Which of the two sentences is correct.

    Thanks
    Last edited by Agesak; 10-May-2005 at 10:53. Reason: Correction in the last sentence instead of "two" I had written "to"
  2. 10-May-2005, 14:07 #2
    Tdol
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    Default Re: use of "in" and "to" in the following sentence

    He went to town.
    He has gone to town.

    He is in town.


    With 'go', use 'to' for the destination. With 'be' use 'in'.
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