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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

transport or transportation?

Dear All,

Would you say:

Transportation infrastructure projects
or
Transport infrasturucture projects


Thanks
  

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Hi In the UK, "transportation" can refer to the removal of convicts from England to Australia in the 18th century The word can have a neutral meaning, but I would go with transport infrastructure - that sounds fine to me Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi In the UK, "transportation" can refer to the removal of convicts from England to Australia in the 18th century The word can have a neutral meaning, but I would go with transport infrastructure - that sounds fine to me Dave
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Hi

In the UK, "transportation" can refer to the removal of convicts from England to Australia in the 18th century

The word can have a neutral meaning, but I would go with transport infrastructure - that sounds fine to me

Dave
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