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'opposite to the bread' vs 'opposite the bread'



 
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'opposite to the bread' vs 'opposite the bread' #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:33 am   'opposite to the bread' vs 'opposite the bread'
 

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #422 "Retail Sales Phrases", question 3

Customer: "Excuse me. Could you tell me where the coffee is?" Sales clerk: "Certainly, it's in the next aisle opposite ......... the bread."

(a) at
(b) to
(c) from
(d) (none)

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #422 "Retail Sales Phrases", answer 3

Customer: "Excuse me. Could you tell me where the coffee is?" Sales clerk: "Certainly, it's in the next aisle opposite the bread."

Correct answer: (d) (none)
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why "to"is not used in the answer and what is the right option?

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'opposite to the bread' vs 'opposite the bread' #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:02 am   'opposite to the bread' vs 'opposite the bread'
 

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'We do not use 'to' when we are speaking of location. The right answer is D, Wima.
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