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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Double-decker bus
http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9553384.Blaze_leaves_double_decker_bus_a_burnt_out_shell/
A double-decker bus was burnt to a mangled black shell after being engulfed by flames in Finchley earlier this afternoon.
The word "double-decker" means "a bus with two floors, one on top of the other." Is bus necessary?
A double-decker bus was burnt to a mangled black shell after being engulfed by flames in Finchley earlier this afternoon.
The word "double-decker" means "a bus with two floors, one on top of the other." Is bus necessary?
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Hi, Not if the context has already established that a bus is being talked about. Clive
- Hi, Not if the context has already established that a bus is being talked about.
- Clive
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Hi,
Not if the context has already established that a bus is being talked about.
Clive
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Thank you, Clive.
Not if the context has already established that a bus is being talked about, because the word "double-decker" also means "a sandwich made from three pieces of bread with two layers of food between them"?
Not if the context has already established that a bus is being talked about, because the word "double-decker" also means "a sandwich made from three pieces of bread with two layers of food between them"?
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Hi,
Yes. And more generally, many people are unfamiliar with the concept of a double-decker bus.
Where I live, for example. we have none. If I spoke of 'a double-decker' here. most people would have no idea what I was talking about.
Cli
Yes. And more generally, many people are unfamiliar with the concept of a double-decker bus.
Where I live, for example. we have none. If I spoke of 'a double-decker' here. most people would have no idea what I was talking about.
Cli
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It ought to be "a double-deck 'bus" or " a double-decker" just as it ought to be "a ten pound note" or "a tenner" - not "a tenner pound note" or "a double-decker 'bus".
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