What does your "passport" have to do with frontiers?

[roy mustang]

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", question 4

Since the frontiers between different countries have almost stopped having any importance, nobody bothers to control your passport.

(a) frontiers
(b) stopped
(c) any
(d) control

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", answer 4

Since the frontiers between different countries have almost stopped having any importance, nobody bothers to check your passport.

Correct entry: check
The error was: (d) control
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What does your "passport" have to do with frontiers?

roy mustang

[Alan]

This document (PASSPORT) is sometimes checked when you cross the frontier between one country and another.
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[Alan]

This has the meaning of manage in the sense of be in charge of. You can therefore manage/supervise activities and you can also manage/supervise people to see that they are working properly. A supervisor is someone who manages other people. But you would not supervise a static object such as a passport.
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[Ahmadov]

Here, I used "examine" instead of "check". Is "examine" an option or "check" is the only word to use in this case.
Thank you beforehand.
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[Torsten]

Hi Zahir,

Examine means to inspect something very carefully. If somebody examines your passport they might use a special optical device and the whole process might take a substantial amount of time.
Check implies that it can be done by just carefully looking at the object and this is what usually happens to your passport at the border.
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[Samesame]

What is the difference between frontiers and borders? I thought the latter is used in the context of countries....are those terms synonymous?

[Hoamuahe]

Hi, My kind teachers,
Are there any differences between "border" and "frontier"?

[Cenkee]

yes I also thought frontier was the correct answer. I didnt know it can be used synonymous to border.

[Alan]

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Hi,

The main difference is that a frontier is usually between two countries and often involves some kind of documentation. 'Border' is more general and can often refer to a geographical or administrative division between countries. For example in the UK there is a border between England and Scotland as there are different administrative procedures between the two countries but there is no requirement for a passport.

Alan
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