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Rashid rajal Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Across

I need help with usage of "across"
Example.
There is road with one mile length and both side of the all the road there are shops.
So can I say.
There are shops across the road or all across the road.
  

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rashid rajal There is road with one mile length and both side of the all the road there are shops. So can I say. There are shops across the road or all across the road.

— Mister Micawber

  • rashid rajal There is road with one mile length and both side of the all the road there are shops.
  • So can I say.
  • There are shops across the road or all across the road.
  • No.
  • There are shops (all) along the road.
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rashid rajalThere is road with one mile length and both side of the all the road there are shops. So can I say. There are shops across the road or all across the road.
No. There are shops (all) along the road.
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What is best use of across. Let me give some example.
(There is a bridge across the river.) for example length of rive is X and width is Y. What is the direction of bridge I mean Is covering the length or width.
(He ran across the road) what does that mean he covered the width of road that is 15 feet or length of raod that is 10 km
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Across means from one side to the other, not from one end to the other.
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