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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

collocations, words and stuff... AmE

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00here are some questions. As you know, I'm interested mainly in American English...02br
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  1. 00Do or make? Which one do I have to use with 01u00mathematical operations02u00? Ex: 01b00[do/ make]02b00 a division, 01b00[do/ make]02b00 a subtraction, 01b00[do/ make]02b00 an operation, and so on.02br
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  2. 00"Go 01b00[to/ into/ in]02b00 the kitchen and get me some food." - "I went 01b00[to/ into/ in]02b00 my room and listened to some music." - (I think it should be "to", but I've seen native speakers use all of them)02li
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  3. 00"You can't 01b00[pass/ overtake]02b00 another vehicle on a 01b00[bend/ curve]02b00" - (used? usual?)02li
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  4. 00A place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle where all traffic must go around in the same direction, is a 01b00[traffic circle/ circle / rotary]02b00. - (not sure if just "circle" is ok and if "rotary" is common)02li
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  5. 00What are the barriers at railroad crossings called? Crossing gates? Also just "gates"?02li
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00Thank you in advance. 050010id1
  

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0 1. 02br 00 2. 01i 00go to, go into, go in02i 00 - all used.

— CalifJim

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  • 01i 00go to, go into, go in02i 00 - all used.
  • Only the first can be used if the destination is not an interior space of some kind, of course.
  • (*go into Japan, *go in the roof)02br 00 3.
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0 1. 01i00do subtraction, do a subtraction problem,02i00 etc.02br
00 2. 01i00go to, go into, go in02i00 - all used. Only the first can be used if the destination is not an interior space of some kind, of course. (*go into Japan, *go in the roof)02br
00 3. 01i00pass - curve.02i00 01i00
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0"Rotary" is used in the east, but probably "traffic circle" is more common.0-
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0 Thank you very much.02br
00I'd like to ask some more about this:01blockquote
01cite10CalifJim12cite104. 11font11i10traffic circle12i12font10 (I've never heard 11i10rotary12i10 in this country, but that doesn't mean it isn't used in some geographical locat
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0 In what way could you use just "circle"?02br
01i00There was an accident in the circle02i00 would leave me wondering what the speaker was talking about.02br
00 If 01i00traffic circle02i00 is too long, you must be writing poetry in which syllable count is important. Haiku, perhaps?02br
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0 I understand, thank you so much. [y]0-
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0I certainly know what a round-about is, but I've only heard that term from people who lived in, or traveled extensively, in England. (And the one time I had drive in one going "the wrong way" from my point of view, I almost cried.) Oh, I suppose, also from peopel who read a lot of British books.02br
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00No, do NOT just say 01i00circle02i00. Like Jim
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