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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
PHONE WHILE DRIVING /DRIVE WHILE PHONING
Which do you say?
1 He phones while driving as he knows the district by heart and doesn't pay attention to anything.
2 He drives while phoning as he knows the district by heart and doesn't pay attention to anything.
Can you know " a district by heart"?
Thank you
1 He phones while driving as he knows the district by heart and doesn't pay attention to anything.
2 He drives while phoning as he knows the district by heart and doesn't pay attention to anything.
Can you know " a district by heart"?
Thank you
Top answer
I think the first sentence is better. I think the more common, idiomatic expressions is: he knows the district like the palm of his hand. ]
- I think the first sentence is better.
- I think the more common, idiomatic expressions is: he knows the district like the palm of his hand.
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I think the first sentence is better.
I think the more common, idiomatic expressions is: he knows the district like the palm of his hand.
[As of June 10, using a hand-held phone while driving will be illegal where I live.]
I think the more common, idiomatic expressions is: he knows the district like the palm of his hand.
[As of June 10, using a hand-held phone while driving will be illegal where I live.]
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Philip, again, has beat me to the answer and is spot on.
You can 'know something by heart' though this would usually apply to something that might be recited (a poem, song, book, comedy sketch). Usually when describing a geographical layout, such as roads, paths, railway lines etc, the phrase 'he knows it/them like the back of his hand' is the common turn-of-phrase.
You can 'know something by heart' though this would usually apply to something that might be recited (a poem, song, book, comedy sketch). Usually when describing a geographical layout, such as roads, paths, railway lines etc, the phrase 'he knows it/them like the back of his hand' is the common turn-of-phrase.
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