Turn right off Broadway into Caxton Street

[joham]

I understand the word 'right' in the sentence below means 'to the right side'. But could it possibly mean 'immediately' in a proper context?Turn right off Broadway into Caxton Street.

 

[Raymott]

No. It means 'right' as in the opposite of 'left' - nothing else.

 

[konungursvia]

But it's unlikely an American in NY would say "into Caxton St," he would say "on to." An Englishman in New York perhaps?

 

[Tdol]

But could it possibly mean 'immediately' in a proper context?

Given the scope for confusion, very few would use it with this meaning- it's simply asking for trouble. Right now could work because its meaning is clear.

 

[lotus888]

Turn right on Broadway into/onto Caxton Street. It's understood what that means.

---------> 1234 Caxton
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Broadway.|
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R/R
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But, the OP has a point. Sometimes, in conversation, it can mean "immediately" or "quickly."

For example, someone is asking for directions to 1234 Caxton Street. I can give directions up to driving up Broadway Street. Suppose Caxton Street begins on Broadway and is 100 feet from the railroad.

Then I might say:
Caxton is very close to the railroad.
After crossing the railroad, you want to turn right off Broadway into Caxton Street.


--lotus

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't think this is NY. I know of no Caxton Street. London has both.

 

[joham]

Thank you for all your great help. I can't express my gratitude to you all by clicking on the buttons because, as usual, the Thank and Like buttons on my webpages just won't work. Whenever I clicked, the webpage just showed 'javascript://'.

(Maybe it is caused by the network at my end. It takes only one or two seconds to load a domestic webpage, but it will take up to two and a half minutes or even longer to load a foreign webpage.)

 

[MikeNewYork]

If you are using a phone, it is probably the phone.

 

[joham]

If you are using a phone, it is probably the phone.

Thank you very much, Mike. After reading your post, I tried turning off my cell phone, but it didn't make any difference.
It seems that loading this usingenglish forum webpages is especially slow on my computer. But I can get onto Mark Davies' corpora's pages at normal speed.

 

[MikeNewYork]

OK, but others have posted that the buttons are not available on their phones.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thank you for all your great help. I can't express my gratitude to you all by clicking on the buttons because, as usual, the Thank and Like buttons on my webpages just won't work. Whenever I clicked, the webpage just showed 'javascript://'.

(Maybe it is caused by the network at my end. It takes only one or two seconds to load a domestic webpage, but it will take up to two and a half minutes or even longer to load a foreign webpage.)

I recommend using the site mainly on your laptop/desktop/PC rather than your phone. Some phone issues have been reported.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

But it's unlikely an American in NY would say "into Caxton St," he would say "on to." An Englishman in New York perhaps?

I'm an American who lived a lot of years in New York. If Caxton is a small street, I might say into. If it's a big street, I'd always say onto.

But to Joham's question, right does not mean directly here, it means the opposite of left.