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Hi this is to Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 369. The title of
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today's lesson is do not use downstairs or upstairs with prepositions, especially
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prepositions like in, to , at or on. They don't need it. Let's look at the note
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here. The words downstairs and upstairs already have the meaning of "to " or "on" a
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lower floor, of course for downstairs or an upper floor for upstairs. So it
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already has the meaning of the prepositions included in it. So if you
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look up downstairs in the dictionary, it means like to or on a lower floor. If you
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look up upstairs, it means two are on an upper floor. So you don't need these
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prepositions to go with these words. Okay. Let's continue. Let's look at some
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examples here. Of course with the X, this is where a student might make the
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mistake and where it's wrong. So if the student said I went to upstairs to get a
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book from my room. No. You should have just simply said here with the check. I
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went upstairs to get a book from my room. So you didn't need to say " to" upstairs.
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It's not needed here. Or again with the X, this is wrong. The bathroom is located at
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downstairs. No. Again it doesn't take this
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preposition. With the check, this would be right. You'd say the bathroom is located
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downstairs. So no, no at, no in, no on. Okay. And the last one here with the X. The basement is
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in the downstairs. Yeah. Definitely wrong. You should
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say with the check here. The basement is downstairs. And that's another thing too
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that students often make a mistake. You should never say something is in a floor
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in a floor, it sounds like it's like underneath the wood or underneath the
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tiles like you know, where the bugs may live. We usually say something is on a
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floor. But in this case with downstairs and upstairs. You don't need any of those
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prepositions. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you
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for your time. Bye-bye.