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Nddad Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What is difference between " assigned & designated" ?

Overnight parking is allowed only in ___________ areas of the campus parking lot.

(a) annotated

(b) assigned

(c) restricted

(d) designated

Which is correct answer ?? Pls explain.

Thanks & Regards

Terry
  

Top answer

Hi, Welcome to EF! Just looking at that stand-alone sentence, between assigned and designated , I prefer the latter, which has to do with the allocation of the areas for the overnight parking. It does not address who would / could park in these places.

— Hoa Thai

  • Hi, Welcome to EF!
  • Just looking at that stand-alone sentence, between assigned and designated , I prefer the latter, which has to do with the allocation of the areas for the overnight parking.
  • It does not address who would / could park in these places.
  • The former is often associated with somebody.
  • It means to me: unless you are assigned to park in the overnight parking area, you cannot do so.
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Hi,
Welcome to EF!
Just looking at that stand-alone sentence, between assigned and designated, I prefer the latter, which has to do with the allocation of the areas for the overnight parking. It does not address who would / could park in these places. The former is often associated with somebody. It means to me: unless you are assigned to park in the overnight parking are
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I would say designated.

There could be several places for overnight parking around the campus, but it would have to be designated where those would be.
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(d) designated is the correct answer because it is "set aside" , certain areas

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