Timeline for "in front of" or "opposite"
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 5:24 | comment | added | VijayaRagavan | Have a look at my first comment below the question. We can decide the preposition only by knowing for what. If for the house, the bus stop is 'in front of' and the veg stall is opposite. Depends on the subject. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 14:16 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | @TimLymington: I'd say the opposite is true. If you're standing in the road, looking at the bus stop and the house is behind it, then the bus stop is in front of the house, not beside it. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 14:14 | history | edited | Steve Melnikoff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
"Opposite" isn't followed by "to"; but "refers" is.
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 12:13 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | If the house faces the road, the bus stop is not in front of the house, but beside it. Unfortunately there is not enough detail here to be sure. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 10:27 | history | answered | VijayaRagavan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |