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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
By the wayside?
By the wayside? By the side? On the wayside? Which one can be put into the parenthesis in the below sentence? Let's walk ( ). If it is not natural, can you give a natural expression? Thanks.
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Nowadays, the most common expressions are probably ' Let's walk along the roadside / on the side of the road '— if that's what you mean. 'By the wayside' is rather restricted in my mind to the fiixed phrase 'to fall by the wayside' and it permutations, or as an adjective, as in a 'wayside diner'.
- Nowadays, the most common expressions are probably ' Let's walk along the roadside / on the side of the road '— if that's what you mean.
- 'By the wayside' is rather restricted in my mind to the fiixed phrase 'to fall by the wayside' and it permutations, or as an adjective, as in a 'wayside diner'.
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Nowadays, the most common expressions are probably 'Let's walk along the roadside / on the side of the road'— if that's what you mean.
'By the wayside' is rather restricted in my mind to the fiixed phrase 'to fall by the wayside' and it permutations, or as an adjective, as in a 'wayside diner'.
'By the wayside' is rather restricted in my mind to the fiixed phrase 'to fall by the wayside' and it permutations, or as an adjective, as in a 'wayside diner'.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber. I think that is what I meant. In my region, there are roads reserved for vehicles; pedestrians cannot use them. But there are also roads for both vehicles and pedestrians. There are no sidewalks beside such roads. So you would see that cars come and go, and pedestrians walk cautiously along the roadside. Are there similar roads in the U.S. ?
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Yes. All countryside roadways are similar to your situation.
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