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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Traffic jam vs Girdlocks

Hi

Would you say that traffic jams and girdlocks are synonymous?

The protests around the city caused severe traffic jams.

The protests around the city caused severe girdlocks.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom The protests around the city caused severe traffic jams. The protests around the city caused severe gridlock .

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  • Mr.
  • Tom The protests around the city caused severe traffic jams.
  • The protests around the city caused severe gridlock .
  • "gridlock" is normally uncountable and not pluralised.
  • Note spelling: "gridlock" not "girdlock".
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Mr. TomThe protests around the city caused severe traffic jams.
The protests around the city caused severe gridlock.

"gridlock" is normally uncountable and not pluralised. Note spelling: "gridlock" not "girdlock".

There isn't much difference between these sentences. There could be a nit-picky difference a

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The streets of a city form a grid.

Some streets go east and west, others are perpendicular to them and go north and south.

At the intersections, there are traffic lights which control the flow - ideally the flow is smoothly regulated. Alternately the east/west traffic flows and the north/south traffic flows. "Gridlock" happens when cars go through a yellow light and remain in the

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