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Vocabulary

speed limit : sing or pl. and article usage

He was driving without regard to speed limits.

Why is 'speed limits' used here rather than 'the speed limit'?
  

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You can use either speed limit or speed limits . There is not a single speed limit for all types of road. You can say 'I observe all the speed limits' or 'I always observe the speed limit (of the stretch of road I am driving along at the time'.

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  • You can use either speed limit or speed limits .
  • There is not a single speed limit for all types of road.
  • You can say 'I observe all the speed limits' or 'I always observe the speed limit (of the stretch of road I am driving along at the time'.
  • Rover
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You can use either speed limit or speed limits.

There is not a single speed limit for all types of road.

You can say 'I observe all the speed limits' or 'I always observe the speed limit (of the stretch of road I am driving along at the time'.

Rover
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