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Electrum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Track, line
What do you call a pair of railroad tracks, as on a metro? Do you say line?
I was deceived by NYC's claim that it has 600 miles of track. They mean a system length of only 300 miles. But a phrase like 300 miles of lines is not very clear either, because line has dozens of meanings in English. You need a lot of context before the desired meaning becomes evident.
I was deceived by NYC's claim that it has 600 miles of track. They mean a system length of only 300 miles. But a phrase like 300 miles of lines is not very clear either, because line has dozens of meanings in English. You need a lot of context before the desired meaning becomes evident.
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I would have thought that you had already made your own decision on the proper term to use. 600 miles of track = a system length of 600 miles.
- I would have thought that you had already made your own decision on the proper term to use.
- 600 miles of track = a system length of 600 miles.
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I would have thought that you had already made your own decision on the proper term to use.
600 miles of track = a system length of 600 miles.
600 miles of track = a system length of 600 miles.
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Mister Micawber600 miles of track = a system length of 600 miles.How do you reconcile that with this link?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Subway
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Mister MicawberTracks in each direction.Please!
So what are you calling "system length"? The total track length or the total route length?
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