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Grammar

Divide

The express way divides into eastern and western sections.

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The express way divides into eastern and western section.
  

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" The plural is used. In order to confirm this, you can use a substitution technique: The expressway divides into (eastern and western) sections. The expressway divides into (two) sections.

— Vocabfish

  • " The plural is used.
  • In order to confirm this, you can use a substitution technique: The expressway divides into (eastern and western) sections.
  • The expressway divides into (two) sections.
  • Alternatively, if you wanted to use the singular, then an indefinite article - "a(n)" - would be used: The expressway divides into an eastern section and a western section.
  • - Vocabfish
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The answer is, "The expressway divides into eastern and western sections." The plural is used. In order to confirm this, you can use a substitution technique:

The expressway divides into (eastern and western) sections.

The expressway divides into (two) sections.

Alternatively, if you wanted to use the singular, then an indefinite article - "a(n)" - would be used:
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