logan
logan — noun
1. a city in the US state of Utah, situated roughly 130 km north of Salt Lake City
1.名詞B1
釋義
a city in the US state of Utah, situated roughly 130 km north of Salt Lake City at the edge of the Wasatch Range, with a population of about 48,000 people.
例句
Aaron moved to Logan last year to study at the state university.
proper noun as location in move-to context
The bus from Logan to Salt Lake City takes about an hour and a half.
from [city] to [city] for travel duration
Logan has a small airport with daily flights to the capital.
Yuki found a job in Logan after graduating from college in Ohio.
Visitors often stop in Logan on their way to the nearby mountains.
用法筆記
Frequently used with prepositions of location and movement such as 'in', 'to', 'from', and 'near'. As a proper noun, it does not take an article: 'I live in Logan' (not 'the Logan').
常見錯誤
❌I went to the Logan for the weekend.
✅I went to Logan for the weekend.
💡Proper place names do not take a definite article unless they contain a common noun (like 'the Logan River').
❌Logan is a city in Utah, has many parks and trails.
✅Logan is a city in Utah that has many parks and trails.
💡Use a relative clause or start a new sentence instead of joining with a comma.