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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Narrowing

Hi,

Let’s say that there is a narrowing on the main road, but the cars that drive in the right lane have a chance to use the breakdown lane, while the other cars can drive in one of the lanes in the opposite direction which has been temporarily closed for the oncoming traffic.

Is it called a narrowing even though there are still two lanes (slightly narrower) available?

Could I say that the road branches off into two lanes at the narrowing?

Using the word ‘narrowing’ doesn’t really make sense though.

I hope that it doesn’t sound too confusing. I can send you a picture.

Thank you.

  

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rlz=1C1BLWB_enUS552US554&q=sign+for+narrow+lane&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim0NnEtY_iAhXXl54KHW5MATkQsAR6BAgJEAE I am only getting a fuzzy image of your narrative. These are my questions: Does any one of the signs match your description? Does each side have two lanes but one direction narrows to one lane?

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  • rlz=1C1BLWB_enUS552US554&q=sign+for+narrow+lane&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim0NnEtY_iAhXXl54KHW5MATkQsAR6BAgJEAE I am only getting a fuzzy image of your narrative.
  • These are my questions: Does any one of the signs match your description?
  • Does each side have two lanes but one direction narrows to one lane?
  • These are road signs in the US.
  • I think the "breakdown" lane you referred to is what we call "emergency lane" or " the shoulder".
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Ann225Could I say that the road branches off into two lanes at the narrowing?

Yes, I think that's a good solution.

Ann225Using the word ‘narrowing’ doesn’t really make sense though.

Why not? You started your post saying that there's a narrowing in the road, so why not use the expression "at the narrowing"?

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