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Tashiro Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Due
Hi, please help me.
"There's another train due in 15 minutes."
Is the "due" indispensable?
"There's another train due in 15 minutes."
Is the "due" indispensable?
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The sentences changes slightly without it but is still a correct sentence. The due does have a meaning here in the UK, where trains are often late. In Japan where they run on time it isn't needed.
- The sentences changes slightly without it but is still a correct sentence.
- The due does have a meaning here in the UK, where trains are often late.
- In Japan where they run on time it isn't needed.
- There's another train in fifteen minutes - in 15 mins a train will come.
- There's another train due in fifteen minutes - according to the schedule there will be another train in 15 mins, (it doesn't mean that it will be here within that time).
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The sentences changes slightly without it but is still a correct sentence. The due does have a meaning here in the UK, where trains are often late. In Japan where they run on time it isn't needed.
There's another train in fifteen minutes - in 15 mins a train will come.
There's another train due in fifteen minutes - according to the schedule there will be another train in 15 min
There's another train in fifteen minutes - in 15 mins a train will come.
There's another train due in fifteen minutes - according to the schedule there will be another train in 15 min
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Dave Phillips In Japan where they run on time it isn't needed.
I took the Gatwick Express00
Cool BreezeI quite agree CB, not all, just a large percentage of them. [6]You must have come on a day where there wasn't anyDave Phillips In Japan where they run on time it isn't needed.I took the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station in September 2009, and it was on time! Not all UK trains are always late...
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