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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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terminal/hall

0Do native speakers call an airport terminal a hall?02br
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00For example, which of the following choices is more natural to say?02br
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00<Speaking to the taxi driver> : Take me to the departure [hall/ terminal]02br
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00Thanks in advance!02br
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0 I would say: 02br
00"Please take me to departures."02br
00"Please take me to the terminal 2 departure lounge."02br
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0Each terminal has a departure and an arrival hall, right? And most airports have more than one terminal which each houses a number of airlines. Therefore, saying 'the departure' without specifying the terminal is incomplete unless the airport in your city has only one terminal.0-
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0I've never used the phrase "hall" to talk about a terminal in my life.02br
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00Obviously, the planes come in to the same gates that they leave from, so they are not seperate facilities. You're just "in the terminal" at that point.02br
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00The only place it makes any difference is whether you are meeting someone who is flying in, so that "arrivals" i
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10most airports have more than one terminal12blockquote
10 Many, not most. Most airports only have one terminal.0-
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