I am going to go to downtown to meet my friends.

I am planning to study in abroad after this semester.

What time are you going to go your home this evening?

downtown

to/in the lower part of a city OR to/in the main business strict

abroad

to/in a foreign country

* 이미 ‘~으로, ~안에’의 ‘to, in’의 의미를 내포하고 있다.

* ‘downtown’과 ‘abroad’는 명사가 아니고 부사(adverb)다. 그렇기 때문에 전치사를 사용하지 않는다.

‘abroad’는 포인트 정리에서와 같이 ‘to/in’의 전치사적 의미를 가지지만, ‘from’이라는 전치사적 의미는 가지지 않는다. 그러므로 ‘from’이라는 의미를 ‘abroad’와 함께 표현하고자 할 때는 전치사 ‘from’을 사용해야 한다.

e.g) These cars are imported from abroad.

★주의★‘ downtown’은 품사가 형용사도 있습니다. e.g) a downtown store

Group A

1. After I finished graduate school, I went abroad, and I have lived abroad ever since.

2. I wanted to study abroad, but my parents didn’t want me to leave.

3. Most of the best places that we can enjoy a concert are located downtown.

Group B

1-1. After I finished graduate school, I went to China, and I have lived in Asia ever since.

1-2. I wanted to study in America, but my parents didn’t want me to go to a foreign country.

1-3. Most of the best places that we can enjoy a concert are located in the center of town.

만약 장소를 나타내는 단어에 prepositional ideas가 이미 포함되어 있으면 우리는 전치사를 사용하지 않는다. 그러기 위해서는 영영사전을 반드시 활용하시길 바랍니다.

e.g1) When they built a subway in Daegu, they also built small shops and restaurants nearby, so people who ride the subway could shop and eat underground. 

★주의★‘ 물론, ‘nearby’는 adjective와 adverb의 품사를, ‘underground’는 adjective, adverb, noun의 세 가지 품사를 가지고 있습니다.

I am going to go downtown to meet my friends.

I am planning to study abroad after this semester.

What time are you going to go your home this evening?

명사의 ‘home’

전치사를 가진다.

the place where one lives

부사의 ‘home’

전치사를 가지지 않는다.

to/at/in the place where one lives

* 부사의 ‘home’역시 ‘to, in, at’의 의미를 이미 포함하고 있다.

Example A

I took the bus to my office in the morning, but I went home by taxi.                      

‘home’은 ‘to the place where I live.’의 의미로 이미 ‘to’의 전치사적 의미를 내포하고 있는 부사로서 사용되었다.

Example B

If you need a copy of the essays, you can go to my home and get one.

I have several extra copies in my home.

‘home’은 단순히 ‘the place where I live’로 단순한 명사구(Noun Phrase)일 뿐이다.