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Aug 26, 2011 · I am back in London means you are in London and you're telling someone (maybe even yourself). I am back to London is an expression I would use only in this sort of circumstance: Him: You've been travelling a lot lately. How long are you here for? Me: Just today. Tomorrow, I'm back to London. This last is a short form of I'm [going] back to London.
Back to town / Back in town - WordReference Forums
Sep 7, 2010 · Yo siempre digo "back in town" con el verbo "to be" eg "I'm not back in town until the 15th" "Hey, George is back in town" "When you're back in town, give me a call" Y "back to town" con el verbo "to come" "He's coming back to town on the 15th" "Santa Claus is coming to town" "When she comes back to town, tell her to give me a call"
back in / back into | WordReference Forums
Feb 17, 2009 · back in town could be: I´m returning from my trip and I´ll be back in town tomorrow. However, you might ...
I'm welcomed／welcome back to town | WordReference Forums
Dec 20, 2014 · The main difference is that "I'm welcome back to town" is not grammatically correct. Note that "to welcome back" is a phrasal verb, meaning to greet the return of someone. "to town" qualifies "welcome back", by specifying where "I" am returning to.
yet or already - WordReference Forums
Jul 13, 2005 · Are you already back? I am looking at you now, and I am rhetorically asking whether you (already) got back before this point in time. ---"Yet" is used exclusively with negative verbs when the sentence is declarative. It emphasizes the fact that an event has not occurred in relation to another one. When the party started, I wasn't drunk yet.
I was going back to my hometown yesterday afternoon.
Apr 8, 2020 · - "I spent most of the yesterday's afternoon travelling back to my hometown." - "The journey back to my hometown took me most of the yesterday's afternoon." - "It took me the better part of the yesterday's afternoon to get back to my hometown." #6 Now comes the: "All afternoon I was travelling back to my hometown." The sentence is off.
Backside Vs. Back - WordReference Forums
Apr 17, 2013 · I would agree with your friend about not saying backside for the back of a piece of paper. I am not sure that back always implies a side, though. A backside, in the UK at least, is another word for a person's bottom or arse, so that would stop people from using it in other contexts, I guess.
Boys are back in town - WordReference Forums
Aug 19, 2020 · Hi everyone, Is there a phrase used to indicate that something from the past is becoming popular/fashionable again? I heard once someone used the "boys are back in town" lyrics from the song to indicate that, but I am unsure if …
He's out of town. - WordReference Forums
Feb 23, 2007 · Re: "He's out of town." It's an all-purpose response to the caller's question. It's just vague enough to protect the privacy of the employee, but polite and correct enough to answer the question. By answering this way, you toss it back to the caller as to how he wants to proceed, now that he knows the employee isn't there.
Go out in town / on the town | WordReference Forums
Mar 23, 2015 · The whole point is that to go out “on the town” is an idiom — as explained way back in post #3. You can’t water it down by saying “in town”, or by using a different verb, without entirely missing the point and ending up with an unnatural-sounding statement.