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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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There's a truck stop about five kilometers down/along the road.

There's a truck stop about five kilometers down the road.

There's a truck stop about five kilometers along the road.

Do both of the above sound right? If yes, are there any subtle nuances between them? Thanks.
  

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Both are correct and mean the same, IMO, but the first is much more frequent: Google: 13,000 for "miles along the road" 451,000 for "miles down the road"

— Marius Hancu

  • Both are correct and mean the same, IMO, but the first is much more frequent: Google: 13,000 for "miles along the road" 451,000 for "miles down the road"
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Both are correct and mean the same, IMO, but the first is much more frequent:

Google:
13,000 for "miles along the road"
451,000 for "miles down the road"
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Marius HancuBoth are correct and mean the same, IMO, but the first is much more frequent:

Google:
13,000 for "miles along the road"
451,000 for "miles down the road"

Thanks, Marius.

Got it.
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I can see how there might be garbage strewn five kilometers along the road, but I don't see how a truck stop could be five kilometers along the road (unless it was an extremely long truck stop -- five kilometers long, in fact).

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CalifJimI can see how there might be garbage strewn five kilometers along the road, but I don't see how a truck stop could be five kilometers along the road (unless it was an extremely long truck stop -- five kilometers long, in fact).

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could you think up a good reason that they are so different in the base sentence?
I think it's because the base sentence makes a statement of where a thing is located. When things are located along something else (flowers along the side of a house; trees along a street; etc.), it's quite different (to my ear) from when they are located down a path of some kind
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CalifJim
could you think up a good reason that they are so different in the base sentence?
I think it's because the base sentence makes a statement of where a thing is located. When things are located along something else (flowers along the side of a house; trees along a street; etc.), it's quite different (to my ear) from when they are loca
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