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Learning_English · #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:52 am *sideways, sprawling*

[5 persons are sprawling in one seat]
Now I go there and asking them :

If you move sideways to the right, I will get a place to sit. Six persons can sit in this seat easily.
Is this sentence correct?

Please help me.
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Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:19 am *sideways, sprawling*

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'On this seat'-- otherwise, it seems fine to me.
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Diverhank · #3 (permalink) Sat Aug 11, 2007 18:40 pm *sideways, sprawling*

To me, I visualize a seat as in a chair...with this, I chuckled to imagine 5 people trying to fit in a small chair. Perhaps you mean a bench, like those found in a church?

Mister Micawber · #4 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:27 am *sideways, sprawling*

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I see nothing wrong with its being a long seat on a bus or train, which is what I envisioned (not being a churchgoer). It may have another name, but I don't think it's called a 'bench'.
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Diverhank · #5 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:50 am *sideways, sprawling*

Mister Micawber · #6 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:23 am *sideways, sprawling*

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I don't see one that means a seat on a train, Hank-- which was the only point I was making.
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Diverhank · #7 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:12 am *sideways, sprawling*

Oh OK. I didn't realize the asker was talking about a seat on a train...where did he say that? Smile

. I guess that was what you were thinking of. I was thinking of something else, of course. I wrote my answer without reading your post, only his.

Mister Micawber · #8 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:09 am *sideways, sprawling*

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He didn't specify-- you just said what you imagined, so then I said what I imagined. We'll have to wait for LE to tell us what he's really speaking of.
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Learning_English · #9 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:56 am *sideways, sprawling*

Thank you Mister Micawber and diverhank

Mister Micawber · #10 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:59 am *sideways, sprawling*

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I would say 'sprawling across one seat', then.
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Learning_English · #11 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:03 am *sideways, sprawling*

Again, Thank you.

Mister Micawber · #12 (permalink) Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:55 am *sideways, sprawling*

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I was talking about the various definitions of 'bench' in the link that Hank provided us. 'One' refers to 'definition'.
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