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Rezaenglish Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

If you went in backwards; if you back in

Talking about parallel parking

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Woman: Because you park your car parallel with the curb of the sidewalk.
Man: Ha, ha, oh, that's easy. I just drive up, and park at the curb.
Woman: Yes, but what if there were other cars parked there already?
Then what would you do?
Man: Ha, ha, ha, I ... I would just park in between them. Oh, oh, I see what you mean.
The parking space is too narrow.
Woman: It's too narrow to drive in forwards, but if you went in backwards; if you back in,
there is just enough room.

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if you went in backwards; if you back in, ?


I have two questions:

1- Is "if you went in backwards; if you back in" one term or two?


2- I changed the above sentence to the following sentence:

"if you went in backwards or back in"

Is it grammatically correct with the same meaning?



Thank you

  

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rezaenglish 1- Is "if you went in backwards; if you back in" one term or two? It's two different ways of saying the same thing. By the way, the semicolon is wrong and should be a comma.

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  • rezaenglish 1- Is "if you went in backwards; if you back in" one term or two?
  • It's two different ways of saying the same thing.
  • By the way, the semicolon is wrong and should be a comma.
  • rezaenglish Is it grammatically correct with the same meaning?
  • No.
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rezaenglish1- Is "if you went in backwards; if you back in" one term or two?

It's two different ways of saying the same thing. By the way, the semicolon is wrong and should be a comma.

rezaenglishIs it grammatically correct with the same meaning?

No. "To back in" means to put your car in reverse and drive it in.

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rezaenglishif you went in backwards
if you back in

Two terms. One meaning in the given context.

rezaenglishif you went in backwards or back in

"or" usually connects two contrasting things, so with this meaning of "or", it doesn't really make sense. It's like

if you passed a comb through your hair

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