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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

across/through

Can you see any difference between "He spent a year travelling across/through Europe, giving lectures"? I think the meanings of across/through overlap significantly in this context.
  

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Yes, not much difference.

— Clive

  • Yes, not much difference.
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Yes, not much difference.
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Thank you, Clive. Do you think that "through" would exclude Scandinavia and some Southern European countries? Across means to me "from one end to the other". Through would probably mean (Portugal-Spain-France-Germany-Austria-Hungary-etc). This is only a suggestion.
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Both are rather vague expressions. You'd have to ask the speaker for details, and/or consider the context,

Clive
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In post #2 you said "Yes, not much difference" and I tried to guess it. One last question. Can we add "around" to the list?

Thank you for your help.
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Yes, And 'in'.

'Across' does have to me a sense ot 'from east side to west side, and vice versa.
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