If a bewildered tourist asked me, "Do you know the way to Fifth Avenue?" I would certainly not answer with just a "yes" or "no." I would realize without thinking that he is seeking directions. It is more appropriate because it is more polite to ask, "Could you please tell me." than just to ask "Do you know." However, literally, one could answer just "yes" or "no" to either question. "The appropriate question to ask the way is "Could you please show (tell) me the way to the Princess Hotel?" The question "Do you know where the Princess Hotel is?" only leads to the answer "yes" and nothing else." Now, about the comments in your first paragraph. Kr./kalmain/travel/info/english/travel_eng_
Go straight ahead along this street about four blocks, and there is 5th Ave. Mailman1.u./pipermail/asuw_women/2000-Jan. If you were to go straight ahead on this street ((Memorial Way) you would see on the right hand side a lovely old brick building with turrets. hotel/es/nhsantangelo.html /hotel/es/nhsantangelo.htmlĪ reminder for tonight's meeting - can you send it to the who le. Go straight ahead on this street and at the. Barcelona, Spain - Ĭontinue on Gran VÃa Corts Catalanes and take the first street to the left, Calle VilamarÃ.
They seem to be good translations for tourists: There are a few examples on Google of these longer sentences. However, you don't need the phrases "on this street" or "along this street" since "go straight ahead" already means "on / along this same street." In the sentence you are asking about, both "go straight ahead on this street" and "go straight ahead along this street" are correct. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward. A AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. follow it, go straight ahead on Route 48. Part 2 of this glossary, for terms starting with M-Z are at Glossary of nautical terms (M-Z). veers left, go straight on Cartwright Road. Shelter Island, go straight on Route 114 (also. edu/spi/directions_map.htmĮven the New York Times, with few stories about giving and taking directions, has 46 examples of " go straight ahead," like this one: "¢ go straight ahead (don't veer to right) to the stop sign at Crittenden Drive and turn left (You can't go straight ahead here). North campus: Turn right at the traffic lights. "¢ South campus: go straight ahead at the traffic lights at the Roost. There are 247,000 examples of "go straight ahead," on Google, like these: I can't imagine why the person you spoke to thinks that it is incorrect. "Go straight ahead" is perfectly, absolutely correct, Momo.
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