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WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

1.THIS TRAIN IS FOR HEATHROW AIRPORT.
2.THIS TRAIN IS TO HEATHROW AIRPORT.

AND WHY?
PLEASE EXPLAIN IT WITH EXAMPLES.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by SYDNEY

WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?

1.THIS TRAIN IS FOR HEATHROW AIRPORT.
2.THIS TRAIN IS TO HEATHROW AIRPORT.

AND WHY?
PLEASE EXPLAIN IT WITH EXAMPLES.

I would say, "This train is going to Heathrow Airport."

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[Tdol]

Number 1 is fine, but to use 'to' you would need to change the verb as Ron suggests.

But can I say : This train is from Shanghai to Beijing??


Thanks for your help!

:)

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by lucyarliwu

But can I say : This train is from Shanghai to Beijing??


Thanks for your help!

:)

I'll try to speak for the Americans. :)

Here we would say, "This train goes from Shanghai to Beijing."

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[Tdol]

In BE, that's fine.

Originally Posted by RonBee

I'll try to speak for the Americans. :)

Here we would say, "This train goes from Shanghai to Beijing."

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Thanks for that answer in the native way, Ron!

But how do I say it in simple and native way if combining with departing time, arrival time, train number, or even the time period spent in the train?
May I say like this: The 102 Train goes from Shanghai to Beijing for 10 hours, with the departure time is 9am and arrival time 7pm.?

Lucy in confusion :P

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by lucyarliwu

Thanks for that answer in the native way, Ron!

But how do I say it in simple and native way if combining with departing time, arrival time, train number, or even the time period spent in the train?
May I say like this: The 102 Train goes from Shanghai to Beijing for 10 hours, with the departure time is 9am and arrival time 7pm.?

Lucy in confusion :P

There are a couple of ways you can say that.

1) The 102 Train goes from Shanghai to Beijing with a departure time of 9am and an arrival time of 7pm. It's a ten-hour trip.
2) The 102 train leaves Shangai at 9am and arrives in Beijing at 7pm--a journey of ten hours.
3) The 102 train takes ten hours to go from Shangai to Beijing, leaving Shangai at 9am and arriving in Beijing at 7pm.

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There are a couple of ways you can say that.

1) The 102 Train goes from Shanghai to Beijing with a departure time of 9am and an arrival time of 7pm. It's a ten-hour trip.
2) The 102 train leaves Shangai at 9am and arrives in Beijing at 7pm--a journey of ten hours.
3) The 102 train takes ten hours to go from Shangai to Beijing, leaving Shangai at 9am and arriving in Beijing at 7pm.

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Wow! So cool that I got three options for my questions! Thanks Ron! :)
Sometimes it's such a weird thing, the easier of the simple thing you express, the more difficult you can express it well natively,and as a result, I speak out Chinglish (=English in Chinese style ) which is though still undertood by foreigners but really broke the beautiful sense of language, really annoying! :x

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by lucyarliwu

Wow! So cool that I got three options for my questions! Thanks Ron! :)

You're quite welcome. :)

Originally Posted by lucyarliwu

Sometimes it's such a weird thing, the easier of the simple thing you express, the more difficult you can express it well natively,and as a result, I speak out Chinglish (=English in Chinese style ) which is though still undertood by foreigners but really broke the beautiful sense of language, really annoying! :x

I'm afraid I am having trouble understanding that. Would you mind trying again? (Rather than "I speak out Chinglish" say "I speak Chinglish" and leave out the out.)

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