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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
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Over

If we say "I parked up on street A that is two street over" then does 'over' refer to:

parallel streets or like two streets up from the one you are on?

  

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Tara2 If we say "I parked up on street A that is two street s over" then does 'over' refer to: parallel streets or like two streets up from the one you are on? Probably parallel streets (or roughly parallel). However, the combination of "up" and "over" is slightly mismatched or unnecessary.

  • Tara2 If we say "I parked up on street A that is two street s over" then does 'over' refer to: parallel streets or like two streets up from the one you are on?
  • Probably parallel streets (or roughly parallel).
  • However, the combination of "up" and "over" is slightly mismatched or unnecessary.
  • If you want the "over" sense, just say "I parked two streets over, on street A".
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Tara2If we say "I parked up on street A that is two streets over" then does 'over' refer to: parallel streets or like two streets up from the one you are on?

Probably parallel streets (or roughly parallel). However, the combination of "up" and "over" is slightly mismatched or unnecessary. If you want the "over" sen

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Tara2parked up

Some people say this but, the second word is actually superfluous.

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