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Magda Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Queue at ...

Hi,
Could you tell me if my sentence is correct?
"She was queuing at the post office?"

Thank you.
  

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Hi Magda, You need a Brit for this one. " Sometimes, we do form a queue, and sometimes people are queuing up, but your suggestion would be unnatural in the States.

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi Magda, You need a Brit for this one.
  • " Sometimes, we do form a queue, and sometimes people are queuing up, but your suggestion would be unnatural in the States.
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Hi Magda,

You need a Brit for this one. Americans would say "She was waiting in line at the post office." Sometimes, we do form a queue, and sometimes people are queuing up, but your suggestion would be unnatural in the States.
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MagdaHi,
Could you tell me if my sentence is correct?
"She was queuing at the post office?"

Thank you.


In AmE, we would probably say:

A- Where is Mary? I saw her earlier.

B- “She is waiting in line at the post office”

But I see no problem gramamticallywith “She was queuing up at the post office?". It's
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Thank you both Emotion: smile .

Magda
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MagdaHi,
Could you tell me if my sentence is correct?
"She was queuing at the post office?"

Thank you.
Yes, it's fine in BrE.

Here's a news article about British post offices:

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Hi MrPedantic,

thank for your post and link.
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