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Moguwai007 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
shopping street
Could you please check which setence is natural?
I wish to include the nuance that the street is long.
And I am not asking which unit is easier to understand km or miles in your country.
1)This shopping street is 5 km long.
2)This shopping street extends 5 km.
I wish to include the nuance that the street is long.
And I am not asking which unit is easier to understand km or miles in your country.
1)This shopping street is 5 km long.
2)This shopping street extends 5 km.
Top answer
The term "shopping street" is not used in English. And streets with shops along them rarely extend more than a mile in length. In the US this would be expressed, for example, as: The shopping district runs for almost a mile.
- The term "shopping street" is not used in English.
- And streets with shops along them rarely extend more than a mile in length.
- In the US this would be expressed, for example, as: The shopping district runs for almost a mile.
- The street with shops along it runs for almost a mile.
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The term "shopping street" is not used in English. And streets with shops along them rarely extend more than a mile in length. In the US this would be expressed, for example, as:
The shopping district runs for almost a mile.
The street with shops along it runs for almost a mile.
The shopping district runs for almost a mile.
The street with shops along it runs for almost a mile.
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AnonymousThe term "shopping street" is not used in English.Yes it is. It's more common in British English than American English, though.
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moguwai0071)This shopping street is 5 km long.European cities do have "shopping streets." The term "shopping street" is not used in the US, because we have shopping malls and strip centers.
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