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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"paralyze travel" and "paralyze traffic"

Do "paralyze travel" and "paralyze traffic" mean the same thing?

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A Christmas-weekend blizzard paralyzed travel along the East Coast on Monday, halting flights at the three New York City airports for much of the day.

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But St. Augustine merchants say the new work will paralyze traffic through the entire city and they want it postponed.
  

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e. not walking) movement of any kind - by bus, car, airplane, train, etc. "Traffic" means specifically automobile travel.

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  • not walking) movement of any kind - by bus, car, airplane, train, etc.
  • "Traffic" means specifically automobile travel.
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"Travel" means long-distance (i.e. not walking) movement of any kind - by bus, car, airplane, train, etc.

"Traffic" means specifically automobile travel.

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