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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Along vs alongside

Which of these can be said?

  • If I run alongside you while you're on the conveyor belt I'll still run faster than you.
  • She lives not on the street alongside the river but the one that intersects that one.
  • She lives not on the street that runs along the river but the one that intersects that one.


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    If I run alongside you while you're on the conveyor belt I'll still run faster than you. Even if I run alongside you on a conveyor belt, I'll still run faster than you. She lives not on the street alongside the river but on the intersecting one.

    • If I run alongside you while you're on the conveyor belt I'll still run faster than you.
    • Even if I run alongside you on a conveyor belt, I'll still run faster than you.
    • She lives not on the street alongside the river but on the intersecting one.
    • She lives not on the street that runs along the river but the one that intersects that one.
    • She lives not on the street alongside the river, but on the one that intersects that street.
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  • If I run alongside you while you're on the conveyor belt I'll still run faster than you.


  • Even if I run alongside you on a conveyor belt, I'll still run faster than you.



  • She lives not on the street alongside the river but on the intersecting one.

    She lives not on the street that runs along the river but the one that intersects that one.
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    Yes, you may also say "...along the river, but on the one that intersects that street."

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