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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

straight ahead/on

Hello,
Can we use both: "Instead of turning left, he drove straight on/straight ahead towards the river."? Don't they mean the same?

Thank you
  

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The prepositions just add nuance to the meanings. Instead of turning left, he drove straight towards the river. Instead of turning left, he drove straight ahead towards the river.

— AlpheccaStars

  • The prepositions just add nuance to the meanings.
  • Instead of turning left, he drove straight towards the river.
  • Instead of turning left, he drove straight ahead towards the river.
  • Instead of turning left, he drove straight on towards the river.
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The prepositions just add nuance to the meanings.

Instead of turning left, he drove straight towards the river.
Instead of turning left, he drove straight ahead towards the river.
Instead of turning left, he drove straight on towards the river.
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Okay, thanks. What nuance would that be? I realize that the prepositions you have underlined have different meanings, but in these sentences they look identical to me. There must be something I am missing.
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AlpheccaStarsInstead of turning left, he drove straight towards the river.
He took the shortest route to the river, a straight line.
AlpheccaStarsInstead of turning left, he drove straight on towards the river.
Instead of turning left, he drove straight ahead towards the river.
He kept doing in the same direction, which
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