0
Taka Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
underground
Beneath the buildings and streets of a modern city exists the network of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels required to satisfy the basic needs of its inhabitants. The larger the city, the more intricate this network becomes. While the walls and columns support the city's buildings, bridges, and towers, the cable, pipes and tunnels carry life-sustaining elements such as water, electricity, and gas. Larger tunnels burrow through the ground, linking places on the congested surface more directly. Through them high-speed trains carry the large numbers of people who live and work within the urban community.
Since this massive root system is rarely seen, even in part, its complexity is difficult to imagine and its efficiency hardly ever realized. Not until the underground breaks down or a water main bursts do we begin to feel the extent of our dependence on this vast hidden network.
About 'the underground' above, does it:
(1) specifically refer to the railway system
or
(2) refer more generally to the underground network root system ?
Since this massive root system is rarely seen, even in part, its complexity is difficult to imagine and its efficiency hardly ever realized. Not until the underground breaks down or a water main bursts do we begin to feel the extent of our dependence on this vast hidden network.
About 'the underground' above, does it:
(1) specifically refer to the railway system
or
(2) refer more generally to the underground network root system ?
Top answer
Are they talking about London? If they are then it is undoubtedly the railway - its name is the 'Underground'. I think they probably mean that anyway, as why else would they also specify a water main?
- Are they talking about London?
- If they are then it is undoubtedly the railway - its name is the 'Underground'.
- I think they probably mean that anyway, as why else would they also specify a water main?
- If it were everything generally then the water main would be part of the underground would 't it?
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
4 Answers
0
Are they talking about London? If they are then it is undoubtedly the railway - its name is the 'Underground'.
I think they probably mean that anyway, as why else would they also specify a water main? If it were everything generally then the water main would be part of the underground would 't it?
I think they probably mean that anyway, as why else would they also specify a water main? If it were everything generally then the water main would be part of the underground would 't it?
00
Nona The BritAre they talking about London? If they are then it is undoubtedly the railway - its name is the 'Underground'.It's from this book:
I think they probably mean that anyway, as why else would they also specify a water main? If it were everything generally then the water main would be part of the underground would 't it?
00
From your link, the original version says 'the subway breaks down', not 'the underground' so there is no confusion.
00
Nona The BritFrom your link, the original version says 'the subway breaks down', not 'the underground' so there is no confusion.Gee!
0
Related Questions