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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Bound for; worth; crew; off
Hi,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/17/missing-cargo-ship-found
The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July. Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
1: Why not "15 Russian crew members" but "15 Russian crew"?
2: Is "bound for" the same as "destined for"?
3: Why not "£1m's worth" but "£1m worth'?
4: Was the last confirmed location just outside northern France?
Thanks in advance
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/17/missing-cargo-ship-found
The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July. Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
1: Why not "15 Russian crew members" but "15 Russian crew"?
2: Is "bound for" the same as "destined for"?
3: Why not "£1m's worth" but "£1m worth'?
4: Was the last confirmed location just outside northern France?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
uk/world/2009/aug/17/missing-cargo-ship-found The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July. Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
- uk/world/2009/aug/17/missing-cargo-ship-found The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev.
- The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July.
- Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
- 1: Why not "15 Russian crew members" but "15 Russian crew"?
- It's a newspaper - newspapers often cut out words that are not strictly necessary to the meaning, in order to save space.
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ChristanfordHi,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/17/missing-cargo-ship-found
The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyuk
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Hi guys,
The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July. Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
3: Why not "£1m's worth" but "£1m wo
The 15 Russian crew of the Arctic Sea were alive, Anatoly Serdyukov told the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev. The ship, bound for Algeria with £1m worth of timber from Finland, last radioed the British coastguard on 29 July. Its last confirmed location according to tracking systems was off northern France the following day.
3: Why not "£1m's worth" but "£1m wo
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