2008年11月3日 · "Close the car door" is idiomatic. "Close the car's door" is not. "She had gotten out of her car to get the mail out of the mailbox. A truck came around the corner and took the …

2012年2月10日 · (i) car door is, by far, commoner than car's door. (ii)The door of the car would be mainly used emphatically, "Look what you've done to the door of the car!" (iii) car's door would …

2017年2月21日 · We have "a car door", which describes an item. We have "the car's door" which describes a particular door on a particular car. Mike: Where's your car? What are you doing …

2018年6月7日 · A vehicle with four passenger doors and a liftgate at the rear can be called a four-door hatchback, five-door hatchback, four-door hatchback sedan, or five-door sedan. Don't …

2009年9月4日 · 1. "But it just means that he comes up with my car" -Not enough context for me to understand what is meant, so I don't know if it's correct. 2. "His mate went off with the car" - …

2006年5月17日 · At the back doesn't necessarily mean behind. If he's sitting at the back, he's sitting towards the back, for example a child can sit at the back of a classroom, without anyone …

2013年2月6日 · < New context removed. Cagey, moderator > On a technical level, "noun1 of the noun2" is pretty standard.Whereas, to and for are prepositions governing the beneficial dative …

2013年10月17日 · In the case of a car, however, it would be non-standard English to say that it is broke/it has broke (down). There is a well-known idiom: if it ain't broke, don't fix it ! ( Ain't is a …

2013年2月16日 · If a police car's stopped and there's only ONE policeman in it, so how will You call the situation? "the police are" in the car (but there's only one!) or "the police is" in the car? …

2016年7月6日 · A: "I'm calling about the car you have for sale." B: "OK, [there then will be a conversation about the car, and if the person appears interested, only then need you ask …