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Osee Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

On some vehicles the blind spot is so large ...

Check and adjust your mirrors and find your blind spots - the area on each side of your vehicle where you cannot see. You may not see people or cyclists when they are in these spots. On some vehicles the blind spot is so large that a vehicle could be there and you would not see it.



I would like to use "for" instead of "on" in the red part; after all, the blind spot is not ON vehicles, it's around the vehicles. Do you think so?
  

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Neither preposition is perfect, but both are commonly used. We're not using "on" in the traditional sense of location, but simply attributing a certain characteristic to a certain vehicle model. " Where is the gas mileage located on the car??

— Avangi

  • Neither preposition is perfect, but both are commonly used.
  • We're not using "on" in the traditional sense of location, but simply attributing a certain characteristic to a certain vehicle model.
  • " Where is the gas mileage located on the car??
  • "
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Neither preposition is perfect, but both are commonly used. We're not using "on" in the traditional sense of location, but simply attributing a certain characteristic to a certain vehicle model.

For example, "On the 2010 model, gas mileage is greatly improved." Where is the gas mileage located on the car??

I suppose you could say, "Regarding the 2010 model, etc."
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