The second street!!!

[zoobinshid]

Hello everybody
Would you please tell me what the right preposition is in the following sentence?
They are playing (in) the second street. Or (on)the second street.

Thanks in advance,

[Tdol]

I'd say 'playing in the second street'.

[zoobinshid]

Well thanks.I guess if instead of playing we use (live)the sentence would read as follow:
They are living on the second street.
Is that right?

[Casiopea]

Try,

They live on 2nd Street.
They live on the 2nd Street.

Note, 'live' is factual in that context.

[Tdol]

I was taking it as an ordinal number, not a name.

[zoobinshid]

Thank you.Would you please tell me wheather there is any difference between on the street and in the street in American and British English?

[zoobinshid]

I guess there should a difference between them. Is that right?

[Humble]

Why, it's smth new for me - so, should I really say Blair lives on Downing street?

[MrPedantic]

Hello Humble

In British English, you would say:

1. Blair lives in Downing Street.
2. Blair lives in the second street on the right.

But as Casiopea points out, in American English you would say:

3. Blair lives on 2nd Street.

All the best,

MrP

[Humble]

Tnx, it's nice to deal with pedantic people.