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How would you phrase the sentence?
Debris from plane crash was found over 300 meters long and 300 meters wide.
Meaning that you can walk 300 meters in any direction from crash site and you would find debris.
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Philip · Accepted Answer

Anonymous How would you phrase the sentence? Debris from plane crash was found in an area covering more than 300 meters long and 300 meters wide. Meaning that you can walk 300 meters in any direction from crash site and you would find debris. Thanks

That's not exactly the meaning. If you are in the middle of the debris, you could walk 150 meters north/south or 150 meters east/west. "In any direction" would mean a radius (of a circle) of 300 meters, a diameter of 600 meters. Either way, your intended meaning is clear, at least to me.

MrGuedes · Answer

AnonymousDebris from plane crash was found over 300 meters long and 300 meters wide. Meaning that you can walk 300 meters in any direction from crash site and you would find debris.

If you can walk 300 metres in any direction and still find debris, then the area across which debris is spread is 600 metres (not 300) long and wide.

In that case, debris was found over an area 600 metres long and 600 metres wide.

Oh! And pay attention to the distinction metre/meter. The spelling metre is British, and meter is American. Depending on whom you're writing for, you may want to use one or another.

Clive · Answer

I suggest this simpler version.

Debris was found up to 300 metres from the crash site.

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