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Cuál de las siguientes frases sería incorrecta en cuanto a indicando localización??? a) George's villa was close to mine b) The towels were inside the wardrobe c) She said: "I won't be there next week" d) My aunt's home was next to this restaurant.

Alguien lo sabe? yo estoy entre la a y la c pero no estoy segura de ninguna. Gracias a todos por anticipado y saludos

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updated Jul 8, 2013
posted by medgrey

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Una pregunta extraña.

"C" no indica localización.

updated Jan 19, 2012
posted by Aodhan
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No fue fácil para mí. Tuve que mirarlo por un rato antes de entender qué la pregunta era.

Creo que la respuesta es C.

a) George's villa was close to mine = La villa de George estaba cerca de la mía. (Nos da la ubicación de la villa de George)

b) The towels were inside the wardrobe = Las toallas estaban dentro del armario (Nos da la ubicación de las toallas.)

c) She said: "I won't be there next week" = Dice: "No voy a estar allí la próxima semana."(No nos da la ubicación de nada).

d) My aunt's home was next to this restaurant. = La casa de mi tía estaba al lado de este restaurante.(Nos da la ubicación de la casa de su tía.)

Perdón por mi español.

updated Jan 18, 2012
posted by webdunce
Para ser claro, todas tiene gramática correcta. Solo es que C no nos dice donde nada está ubicado. - webdunce, Jan 17, 2012
Thanks you, - medgrey, Jan 17, 2012
I wish that my english would be as good as your spanish. - medgrey, Jan 17, 2012
De nada y gracias por el cumplido. :) - webdunce, Jan 18, 2012
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Hola medgray, Mi lengua materna es el inglés y francamente no veo nada malo con ninguna de esas declaraciones y, además soy profesor de inglés grin ¿Cuál es el enfoque de la lección?

Is it looking for a phrase like "used to" instead of "was"?
As for "location" I see no problem, with c) I could be "here, there or anywhere", in a) "close" is another way of saying "near"= circa. In d) "next" is another way of saying circa. In b) you could say the towels were "in" the wardrobe but it would be pedantic to say "inside" is wrong.

So I'm puzzled, I look forward to the "correct" answers grin

updated Jan 18, 2012
posted by lagartijaverde
cerca=spacial circa=time - 0074b507, Jan 17, 2012
oops! typo 'onest orificer :-) - lagartijaverde, Jan 17, 2012
"Here" and "there" are locations, this isn't a metaphysics class is it? :-) - lagartijaverde, Jan 17, 2012
Sentence C tells us where a person will *not* be next week. This will not help us fix a location for her past, present or future. The other sentences tell us where something is (or was). I puzzled over it, too, though, for a bit. - webdunce, Jan 18, 2012
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I agree with LagartijaVerde. All four sentences include a location; C's location is just not specific. As a fluent English speaker, "there" is a place: 'not here' is a definition I would use.

updated Jul 8, 2013
posted by snakeitysnakesnake