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Originally Posted by tompe
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".
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I very much doubt it. There aren't many places that have obvious blocks for a start.
I guess it may be said in some places by people who have watched too much US TV, but in general it is not something a Brit would say.