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Ann225 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

File behind

Hi,

Can I say that a car 'filed in front of me' when it joined the line of cars driving ahead of me in the same lane?

Thank you.

  

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No. You can't use "file" that way. I guess I would say it pulled in front of me, or it came into my lane, or it fell into line in front of me.

  • No.
  • You can't use "file" that way.
  • I guess I would say it pulled in front of me, or it came into my lane, or it fell into line in front of me.
  • If it did so abruptly and too close, it cut me off.
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No. You can't use "file" that way. I guess I would say it pulled in front of me, or it came into my lane, or it fell into line in front of me. If it did so abruptly and too close, it cut me off.

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Ann225filed

No. It's "pulled", maybe "pulled in", but that puts "in" twice in a row.

"pulled in ahead of me" would avoid the double "in" of "pulled in in front of me".

You can even expand it to "pulled in line ahead of me".

CJ

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