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"Country" or the "countryside"

English Language Learners Asked by Antonia A on December 11, 2020

Isn’t it wrong to say "to go to the countryside" instead of "to go to the country?"

A word for word translation from Russian would be "to go to the village".That probably doesn’t work in English.

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A village isn't the countryside. The countryside is fields, forests, farms. A village is made of houses, shops, a church and a pub.

A village is usually surrounded by countryside, but they are not the same.

The word "country" is best used as a modifier.

So you might say:

At the weekend I like to take a walk in the countryside. We will often stop at a country pub and enjoy a pint.

Last summer I visited the pretty village of Little Snoring.

In Russia many people own a dacha in the countryside which they visit during the weekend and summer holidays (Note: for the specifically Russian cultural word, we use the borrowed word).

Answered by James K on December 11, 2020

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