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Can I say the following? Which one is correct?

1. I live in a city centre .
2. I Live in a town centre.
 
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Can I say the following? Which one is correct?

1. I live in a city centre. .
2. I Live in a town centre. I live in a town centre.
@sdgsdg Please note corrections I have made. ;)
 

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Yes.
If you live in a city, say city.
If you live in a town, say town.
If you live in a village, say village.
If you live in a kibbutz, say kibbutz.
;)
 

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A city is bigger than a town, which in turn is bigger than a village.

A village would have no more than a couple of thousand people, and towns up to ten or twenty thousand. Beyond that we usually call them cities.
 
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A city is bigger than a town, which in turn is bigger than a village.

A village would have no more than a couple of thousand people, and towns up to ten or twenty thousand. Beyond that we usually call them
A town is larger than a village.
So I live in a town centre is correct.
 

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Abe: I live in a town centre.
Bob: Which town?
Abe: Bristol.


Thanks @Amigos4
 
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Abe: I love in a town a town centre.
Bob: Which town?
Abe: Bristol.
@Tarheel Typo Alert! ;)
I didn’t realize Bristol was such a wild town! Abe is a lucky guy! :cool:
 

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Could a town be a small?
I live in a small town.
 

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If the town could be small and town could be small, how could you can distinguish between them.
 

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Sorry,
I meant city and town.
 

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Do you know how to use the edit feature?

The dividing line between "town" and "city" is not a sharp one, but it has to do with the number of people who live there.
 

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In Arabic language, there is no different between the two words.
towns could be small or large than another one, otherwise they are villages.
 
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