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1.Because of the severe snow storm and the road blocks,the air force dropped food and medical supplies close to the city.

Here its written "roadblocks" should be replaced by "road blockades".Can anyone tell me the difference between the two with an example?Thanks in advance

2)The accused refused to answer to the policeman on duty.

Here its written "answer" will supersede "answer to".But i have read "answer to someone" is used when we are "accountable to" someone for the illegal or wrong which we have done and will have to explain to someone why we did it.

Here the accused refused to expain to someone why he did something which was illegal. Can't we let the sentence remain as it was?

Enoon · Accepted Answer

Nakool1.Because of the severe snow storm and the road blocks,the air force dropped food and medical supplies close to the city.Here its written "roadblocks" should be replaced by "road blockades".Can anyone tell me the difference between the two with an example?Thanks in advance

It should actually be "road blockages". I can't decide what "road blockades" would even mean, and a roadblock (spelled thus) is normally interpreted to be when people stop traffic with a barricade to control movement along the road. "Roadblock" would also be technically correct for avalanches and landslides.

Nakool2)The accused refused to answer to the policeman on duty.Here its written "answer" will supersede "answer to".But i have read "answer to someone" is used when we are "accountable to" someone for the illegal or wrong which we have done and will have to explain to someone why we did it.Here the accused refused to expain to someone why he did something which was illegal. Can't we let the sentence remain as it was?

Your definition of "answer to" is a little off. There are several senses for "answer to", and not all them are related to the sense you want here. Here, it does not mean that you will literally explain anything. It means that whoever you must answer to will exact a penalty. If you commit a crime, you will have to answer to the justice system for it, but when the police question you, you only have to answer them.

Nakool · Answer

Hey enoon,

#1)I looked up "blockade" in dictionary and found this:-

Blockade

The act of preventing food, medicine, materials and/or other supplies from entering or leaving a country. A blockade occurs when one country sends its military and sets up a perimeter, disallowing the blockaded supplies from being exported or imported. A blockade is an act of war and is obviously disruptive to international trade.

As the sentence says "the air force dropped food and medical supplies close to the city" .So there must be "Road blockades". Thanks for your response!Now i understood the difference.

#2)Thanks enoon.appreciate your profound explanation

Enoon · Answer

NakoolAs the sentence says "the air force dropped food and medical supplies close to the city" .So there must be "Road blockades".

I can't agree. For one thing, when you blockade anything, it's a single blockade no matter how many roads, rivers, ports, etc., you control. For another thing, I've never heard of a road blockade, and I can't imagine what that might be. What about trains and canoes and hang gliders?

Nakool · Answer

Even i am not able to understand what road blockade means.After looking up blockade in dictionary ,for a moment i understood the definition but when read the sentence i was not able to link the above definition with it.

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