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Darcy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Eastern half ??

0What is the meaing of "the eastern half "?02br
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00Does it mean " all the eastern part " or the half of the eastern part??02br
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00Thanks for reading.0-
  

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0 It probably means all the eastern part. More context might prove me wrong, but I doubt it. 0-

— Philip

  • 0 It probably means all the eastern part.
  • More context might prove me wrong, but I doubt it.
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0 It probably means all the eastern part. More context might prove me wrong, but I doubt it. 0-
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0It means the half of the [whatever - nation, bay, city] that is on the eastern side.02br
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00Almost the entire eastern half of the nation experienced terrible weather last week. The eastern half of of the bay shorline is highly developed, but the western side is still quite rural.0-
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0Full sentence is "It is founded in the eastern half of North America".0-
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0So do you understand what it means now or do you still have questions?0-
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0Grammar Geek, 02br
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00I wrote down full sentence to save confusion .. I think that Philip's opinion and yours are different.02br
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00so you mean that eastern half of North America is the half of the eastern part of North America??0-
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0 Hi Darcy02br
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00Philip and GG's opinions are the same.02br
00Look at this picture:02br
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00[URL=] 05000[/URL]02br
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00The red line in the middle separates (approximately) the eastern half from the western half of the North American continent.02br
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0Yankee,02br
00The picture is perfect to make me understand..thanks a lot.02br
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00Philip,Grammar Geek,Yankee.. thank you so much again.0-
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