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Sangeeta karthik Posted 12 years ago
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Hello Please help me with the meaning of following sentence.
Continental USA was settled to an extent that a frontier line could not be marked on a map
Continental USA was settled to an extent that a frontier line could not be marked on a map
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The c ontinental USA was settled to an extent that a frontier line could not be marked on a map. In some areas it was unclear which parts were settled and which parts were not.
- The c ontinental USA was settled to an extent that a frontier line could not be marked on a map.
- In some areas it was unclear which parts were settled and which parts were not.
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The continental USA was settled to an extent that a frontier line could not be marked on a map.
In some areas it was unclear which parts were settled and which parts were not.
In some areas it was unclear which parts were settled and which parts were not.
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I must admit that I read it as meaning that the region was now so extensively settled that the previous (advancing) frontier between settled lands and unsettled lands no longer really existed. I could be wrong though.
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In short, it's somewhat ambiguous. Some context would probably make the meaning clear.
Clive
Clive
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