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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

queue up

Can I say,


(a) There is / are a (long) queue of people waiting for a bus.

(b) They queue to wait for a bus.

(c) There is a long queue.

(d) The people have to queue (up) for waiting the bus.

  

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(a) There is / are a (long) queue of people waiting for a bus. (b) They queue to wait for a bus. (c) There is a long queue.

  • (a) There is / are a (long) queue of people waiting for a bus.
  • (b) They queue to wait for a bus.
  • (c) There is a long queue.
  • (d) The people have to queue (up) to wait for the bus.
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(a) There is / are a (long) queue of people waiting for a bus.

(b) They queue to wait for a bus.

(c) There is a long queue.

(d) The people have to queue (up) to wait for the bus.
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In the US, of course, we just "stand in line".

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