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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
across, through, over
I went across the bridge.
I went through the bridge.
I went over the bridge.
What is the difference in meaning between these sentences?
Please explain me.
I went through the bridge.
I went over the bridge.
What is the difference in meaning between these sentences?
Please explain me.
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The second one is meaningless since you can't go through a bridge. The others mean the same thing: You crossed the bridge. You walked or drove on the bridge from one side to the other.
- The second one is meaningless since you can't go through a bridge.
- The others mean the same thing: You crossed the bridge.
- You walked or drove on the bridge from one side to the other.
- CJ
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The second one is meaningless since you can't go through a bridge.
The others mean the same thing: You crossed the bridge. You walked or drove on the bridge from one side to the other.
CJ
The others mean the same thing: You crossed the bridge. You walked or drove on the bridge from one side to the other.
CJ
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CalifJimThe second one is meaningless since you can't go through a bridge.I understand, `through' as (from one side to other side). So, why we can't `go through'?
The others mean the same thing: You crossed the bridge. You walked or drove on the bridge from one side to the other.
CJ
Please help me.
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Because in this context it sounds like going through the middle of the bridge (falling through it) rather than going from one end of it to the other end.
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If it is a covered bridge, you can also go through the bridge, yes. I forgot about those kinds of bridges.
Usually, though, you go through a tunnel, not through a bridge. In many cases there has to be something over your head, or you are not going through. Something has to surround the trajectory.
When you thread a needle, the thread goes through the eye
Usually, though, you go through a tunnel, not through a bridge. In many cases there has to be something over your head, or you are not going through. Something has to surround the trajectory.
When you thread a needle, the thread goes through the eye
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CalifJimIf it is a covered bridge (What do you mean by covered bridge? I don't understand.), you can also go through the bridge, yes. I forgot about those kinds of bridges.
Usually, though, you go through a tunnel, not through a bridge. In many cases there has to be something over your head
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#1 Bridges which have roofs over them: http://tinyurl.com/377ly3
#2 No - the term in English is the eye of the needle.
#2 No - the term in English is the eye of the needle.
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