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Originally Posted by HarryT
I do agree with you. I'm currently reading a book of "new" Sherlock Holmes stories, which are primarily written by American authors. I'm afraid it really grates on the nerves to hear Doctor Watson say "I walked three blocks from Baker Street", which is exactly what he did say in one of these stories!
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We do not use block ("kvarter") in the US way in Sweden and we would not usually say that you walked three blocks. But in describing some directions it would be OK to say something like "the shop is two block up the street". Is that kind of construction not used in UK? If the street have obvious "blocks".