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Qut Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Pls explain

As the driver approached the fly-over, he went through the barries and carried on up the fly-over, falling off.

I don't understand the underlined sentence, and I can't catch the image.

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Dear Qut, It is my opinion that the sentence refers to an unfinished fly-over. A fly-over is high. If it is unfinished, it is a sheer drop at one end.

— Goldmund

  • Dear Qut, It is my opinion that the sentence refers to an unfinished fly-over.
  • A fly-over is high.
  • If it is unfinished, it is a sheer drop at one end.
  • The sentence therefore means:- «As the driver approached the fly-over, he drove through the barrier that had been erected to prevent entry and continued to drive along the fly-over, until he arrived at the point where the fly-over finished.
  • » It is a sad story, no?
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Dear Qut,

It is my opinion that the sentence refers to an unfinished fly-over. A fly-over is high. If it is unfinished, it is a sheer drop at one end. The sentence therefore means:-

«As the driver approached the fly-over, he drove through the barrier that had been erected to prevent entry and continued to drive along the fly-over, until he arrived at the point where th
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Qut, it should be "barriers"
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