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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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As far east as
Hi everybody, I have a problem with this sentence : "Although tornadoes are most common in the central U.S., they sometimes occur as far east as New England", I don´t understand the meaning of "as far east as", I hope somebady can help me 
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New England is on the eastern seaboard of the US, and you can't travel further east than New England in the US. The sentence suggests that you might find it surprising that tornadoes sometimes occur so far to the east.
- New England is on the eastern seaboard of the US, and you can't travel further east than New England in the US.
- The sentence suggests that you might find it surprising that tornadoes sometimes occur so far to the east.
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New England is on the eastern seaboard of the US, and you can't travel further east than New England in the US. The sentence suggests that you might find it surprising that tornadoes sometimes occur so far to the east.
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