‘walk past’ in place of ‘walk through’

[Winwin2011]

[FONT=新細明體] [/FONT]1. Jenny smiled, and they went for a long walk through the neighborhood
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[FONT=新細明體] [/FONT]2. Walk through the bridge, then you'll arrive the library.
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[FONT=新細明體] [/FONT]3. He walk through the streets and find a near - by park.
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[FONT=新細明體] [/FONT]Is it correct to use ‘walk past’ in place of ‘walk through’ in the above sentences?
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[bhaisahab]

Only #1 is a correct sentence. Can you see why? (it has nothing to do with "through/past")

Edit: You needn't answer my question now as others have shown you the answer. ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

1. Jenny smiled, and they went for a long walk through the neighborhood.
"Walk past" does not work in this sentence.

2. Walk through the bridge, then you'll arrive the library.
"Walk past the bridge" and "walk through the bridge" do not mean the same thing. You also need to put "at" before "the library".

3. He walk through the streets and find a near - by park.
"He walks past the streets and finds a nearby park" does not make sense.

Is it correct to use ‘walk past’ in place of ‘walk through’ in the above sentences?

Please see my comments above. What do you think "walk past" means?

 

[MikeNewYork]

No for 1 and 3. In addition, in #2, while we can walk past a bridge, we don't walk "through" bridges; we cross them or walk over them.

 

[bhaisahab]

No for 1 and 3. In addition, in #2, while we can walk past a bridge, we don't walk "through" bridges; we cross them or walk over them.

We can also walk under them.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

Perhaps the intended meaning in #2 is to walk under the bridge, rather than over it.

EDIT: cross-posted.

 

[emsr2d2]

And I somehow completely missed that "walk through the bridge" was not possible. In my head, it said "tunnel"!

 

[Winwin2011]

1. He walked past the beautiful garden where he used to play in his childhood. (Does it mean that he was outside the garden?)

2. He walked through the beautiful garden where he used to play in his childhood. (Does it mean that he was inside the garden?)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes and yes.

 

[Winwin2011]

Yes and yes.

Thanks, Mike.

1. When I walked through the Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident.

2. When I walked past the Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident.

Which of the above sentences is correct?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Thanks, Mike.

1. When I walked through the Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident.

2. When I walked past the Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident.

Which of the above sentences is correct?

I'm not sure why the article "the" is there. The second sentence is correct. For the first, while I would say, "I walk through the streets", I would not say "walk through" a particular street. I would say "along" or "on" or "across".

 

[Winwin2011]

I'm not sure why the article "the" is there. The second sentence is correct. For the first, while I would say, "I walk through the streets", I would not say "walk through" a particular street. I would say "along" or "on" or "across".

Thanks, Mike.

Through and past are tricky. You said you would say "along" or "on" or "across" a particular street.

I wonder if the following sentences both correct?

1. When I walked past/along/on/acroos the Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident. (I think I should not use 'the' before some proper nouns.)
2. When I walked past/along/on/acroos Queen's Road, I saw a traffic accident

 

[MikeNewYork]

Unless there is something special about Queen's Road, I would choose 2. But it is "across" not "acroos".

 

[5jj]

(I think I should not use 'the' before some proper nouns.)

When we speak of 'X Road', we almost never use articles unless there is a good reason, as in:

There is a Kings Road in nearly every town in England. The Kings Road in my hometown is the main shopping street.

Note that the apostrophe is optional.

For some reason, we sometimes speak of the Kings Road in Chelsea. This is possibly because it once was a private road actually owned by the king.

 

[Tdol]

And we also say The Mall for the street in London: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mall,_London