This train will stop at every station ＿ Tokyo.

[round]

Which is the best for the blank of this sentence?
All can be used?
Any difference?

This train will stop at every station ＿ Tokyo.

1, from
2, after
3, beyond
or any others?

 

[mdchachi]

To me, they seem equivalent in meaning. Well I guess you could say "from" is inclusive of Tokyo and "after" and "beyond" are not. But in this particular example I would assume the train stops at Tokyo also. I can't think of any others offhand.

 

[round]

So, any of them will do?

 

[mdchachi]

So, any of them will do?

Yes. That's my opinion as a native-speaker non-expert...

 

[round]

Thank you very much for your comment.
I wanted to know how a native speaker would feel.

 

[ianchan]

Personally i think that after seems the most natural. From and beyond seem like they need more info whereas if you say after it just seems more clear for some reason.

 

[WonkoTheSane]

I can't wrap my head around actually hearing 1 used.

The others sound fine, though 2 sounds most likely. 1 just sounds wrong when I say it aloud.

 

[mdchachi]

I can't wrap my head around actually hearing 1 used.

The others sound fine, though 2 sounds most likely. 1 just sounds wrong when I say it aloud.

I think it's most natural if you add a to <somewhere> phrase. Like this train will stop at every station from Tokyo to the end of the line. But if you consider the to-clause is implied, I still think it's ok. There's an example on this page: North White Plains is the end for some trains stopping at every station from GCT.

 

[WonkoTheSane]

I think it's most natural if you add a to <somewhere> phrase. Like this train will stop at every station from Tokyo to the end of the line. But if you consider the to-clause is implied, I still think it's ok. There's an example on this page: North White Plains is the end for some trains stopping at every station from GCT.

I agree that with the to-clause it works, but I don't think it sounds right without explicitly saying the to-clause. It certainly sounds more Japanese with the to-clause implied.