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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Deserted

1) I was driving down a lonely road cutting through deserted landscape.

2) I was driving down a deserted road.

- Do the two sentences convey the same? Is the second sentence enough?

- When writing "deserted" do you think of desert landscape? If not, what do you picture?

  

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First, consider these two definitions. A deserted road This means a road with no people. A desert road.

  • First, consider these two definitions.
  • A deserted road This means a road with no people.
  • A desert road.
  • This means a road that goes through a desert (eg with cacti, sand, no water).
  • 1) I was driving down a lonely road cutting through deserted landscape.
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First, consider these two definitions.

A deserted road This means a road with no people.

A desert road. This means a road that goes through a desert (eg with cacti, sand, no water).


1) I was driving down a lonely road cutting through deserted landscape. This tells us there were no people on or near the road. and also no people in the wider landsc

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