|
ESL Forum:
Techniques and methods
in Language Teaching
Games, activities
and teaching ideas
Grammar and
Linguistics
Teaching material
Concerning
worksheets
Concerning
powerpoints
Concerning online
exercises
Make suggestions,
report errors
Ask for help
Message board
|
ESL forum >
Grammar and Linguistics > EXPLAIN ME , PLEASE !!!
EXPLAIN ME , PLEASE !!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
jdrc
|
|
It�s said that a City has a cathedral and a town doesn�t.
|
17 Mar 2010
|
|
|
HARIM
|
|
HiRenia,
According to the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:A city is a relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village (and this is more or less the way we explain it to our students although sometimes there �s no clear cut distinction)
According to Wikipedia:
Cheers |
17 Mar 2010
|
|
|
|
|
dturner
|
|
As a native speaker, I simply think a city is larger and more important than a town. In rural areas however, it gets even harder. I live in an area where the city and the township with the same name. Can you believe that? Tourists and those new to the area are always confused. In this case, the township is actually bigger than the city, but the city has been established longer.
|
18 Mar 2010
|
|
|
teachertonyinchina
|
|
I disagree that a city is always larger and more important. In England we have some very small cities and very big towns, as jdrc rightly stated a city has a cathedral. |
18 Mar 2010
|
|
|
dawnmain
|
|
I was taught at school that a city had to have a cathedral, a university and a river. - as well as being more important and usually bigger than a town. I come from Newcastle - a small city in the north of England, which has all three. |
18 Mar 2010
|
|
|
and maybe somebody can help me, please.
