Hello.
Imagine you’re explaining somebody the way, say, to the post office and the best way to get there is by bus. The post office is 3 bus stops away from where you are. You say: “Take bus No.5 and go three bus stops”.
Is the phrase in bold correct and idiomatic?
And,
“get off at /on the Staduim bus stop” (‘Stadum’ is the name of the bus stop)
Which preposition must I use?
Thanks in advance.
“Get off at the Stadium bus stop” or just “Get off at the Stadium”.
In the first sentence I would say: “Take the No. 5 bus and go three stops” (it wouldn’t be necessary to repeat ‘bus’). Your sentence could mean “Take the fifth bus that comes along”.
Thank you, Iowtrish.
One question more:
Take No.5 bus and go three stops as far as the Stadium.
What other prepositions can be used in this sentence? Will ‘till’ do or is it used only speaking about time?
Your sentence is theoretically correct, but unnecessarily complicated. ‘Till’ is not only used in speaking about time. In the above sentence you could say: “Take the No. 5 bus and go 3 stops until/till you reach/get to the stadium.” This would also be correct, but unnecessarily complicated.
Thanks again, Iowtrish.