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sideways, sprawling Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:52 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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sideways, sprawling Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:19 am  sideways, sprawling
 

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'On this seat'-- otherwise, it seems fine to me.
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sideways, sprawling Sat Aug 11, 2007 19:40 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?
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:27 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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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:50 am  sideways, sprawling
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
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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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Here are some definitions of what a bench is and I think the main one fits what I was thinking of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bench
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:23 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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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:12 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.
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:09 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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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:56 am  sideways, sprawling
 

Thank you Mister Micawber and diverhank

Mister Micawber wrote:
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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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I am talking about any seat where 6 persons could sit on it. It may be a bench or a small table or a big chair. I just want to learn the usage of "sprawling" and "sideways" by this thread.
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:59 am  sideways, sprawling
 

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I would say 'sprawling across one seat', then.
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:03 am  sideways, sprawling
 

Again, Thank you.
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I don't see one that means a seat on a train.

If you don't mind, will you tell me what you mean by this sentence?
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sideways, sprawling Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:55 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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