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Inggris Posted 9 years ago
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Thames-side
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/driver-abandons-car-after-smash-118179/
" ............... A crew from Thames-side were called out to make the scene safe and helped clean up a fuel spill in the road. ..............."
What is the purpose of "-side" being used in that sentence?
" ............... A crew from Thames-side were called out to make the scene safe and helped clean up a fuel spill in the road. ..............."
What is the purpose of "-side" being used in that sentence?
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"-side" is used as a suffix in placenames to mean by the side of a river (or other geographical feature). org/about-us/fire-stations / Usually there would be no hyphen, but "Thamesside" is probably thought to look a bit odd. Sometimes it seems to be written "Thameside" (though there is actually another river called the Thame, so things could get confusing).
- "-side" is used as a suffix in placenames to mean by the side of a river (or other geographical feature).
- org/about-us/fire-stations / Usually there would be no hyphen, but "Thamesside" is probably thought to look a bit odd.
- Sometimes it seems to be written "Thameside" (though there is actually another river called the Thame, so things could get confusing).
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"-side" is used as a suffix in placenames to mean by the side of a river (or other geographical feature). Here, "Thames-side" seems to be the name of a fire station: http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/about-us/fire-stations/
Usually there would be no hyphen, but "Thamesside" is probably thought to lo
Usually there would be no hyphen, but "Thamesside" is probably thought to lo
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