My native English speaking friend told me I shouldn't say "I am going to the downtown." But I should say "I am going downtown." The dictionary says downtown is a noun and an adverb, so was I wrong?
He also said that words like downtown, upstairs, downstairs, and home shouldn't be used like nouns, when they are destinations like in my first example sentence. Is this correct?
Best Answer
This is correct:
Saying "I am going the downtown" or "I am going to the downtown" sounds weird.
However, I'm really confused by the news that the word downtown can be used as an adverb. I checked, and you're correct - but I don't get it. Maybe someone can give both of us an example of how it's used as an adverb. ;)