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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
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500 meters south of Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway

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500 meters south to Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway?
  

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No they mean different things entirely. 500 meters south of Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway This sentence pinpoints a place that exists 500meters to the south of this exit of the highway. If you travelled 500 metres north from this point, you would come to the exit.

  • No they mean different things entirely.
  • 500 meters south of Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway This sentence pinpoints a place that exists 500meters to the south of this exit of the highway.
  • If you travelled 500 metres north from this point, you would come to the exit.
  • 500 meters south to Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway?
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No they mean different things entirely.

500 meters south of Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway
This sentence pinpoints a place that exists 500meters to the south of this exit of the highway. If you travelled 500 metres north from this point, you would come to the exit.


500 meters south to Suzhou Xinqu Exit of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway?
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