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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Hangar

Considering the following context:


"He wanted to know the extent to which our planes should be permitted to pursue Libyan planes if they harassed our aircraft or ships in violation of international law."



a) Is this an idiomatic sentence:


"All the way into the hangar."



b) And what does that mean?

  

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" a) Is this an idiomatic sentence: It's not a sentence. It's just part of a sentence. A complete sentence would be eg O ur planes should pursue Libyan planes all the way into the hangar.

  • " a) Is this an idiomatic sentence: It's not a sentence.
  • It's just part of a sentence.
  • A complete sentence would be eg O ur planes should pursue Libyan planes all the way into the hangar.
  • This is not meant literally.
  • It's just a graphic way of saying there should be no restrictions on our planes pursuing Libyan planes.
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Considering the following context:

"He wanted to know the extent to which our planes should be permitted to pursue Libyan planes if they harassed our aircraft or ships in violation of international law."

a) Is this an idiomatic sentence: It's not a sentence. It's just part of a sentence.

A complete sentence would be eg

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