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What's the difference between transit and transportation?



 
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What's the difference between transit and transportation? #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 16:19 pm   What's the difference between transit and transportation?
 

hi all. i met a problem when learning. what's the difference between transit and transportation, i just can't tell them
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What's the difference between transit and transportation? #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 19:29 pm   What's the difference between transit and transportation?
 

Goods are said to be " in transit " whilst being transported from point A to point B.

Transportation is the means by which they are conveyed.
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