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phrasal verbs | Phrase: It's a 120 years year-old building
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divider #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:39 am   divider
 

Hi,

If you were to be at the roadside and a non native speaker comes to you and tells you to stand at the 'divider', where would you be?

Hope for your kind replies.
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divider #2 (permalink) Sun Aug 15, 2010 13:23 pm   divider
 

It sounds like a median. But why would anyone want you to stand on a median? If it's the line separating the lanes, it's equally odd and even dangerous. Both would place you in the middle of the road.
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divider #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:00 am   divider
 

Hi Mordant,
Actually the word divider here is referred to the curb, sidewalk and pavement by some non native speakers here and I have to find out if the terms they use could be understood by other English learners. Obviously, the term divider here is wrongly used then by them.

Thanks, have a great day!
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