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#2 (permalink) Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:00 am Track versus lane |
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Hi,
Lane is like a path (small roadway) on which you walk. Track is where the train runs.
A _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 17284 Location: UK
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#3 (permalink) Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:43 am Track versus lane |
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Alan, please tell me why you use simple present tense in these two sentences. I thought it was a story which happened two years ago! Moreover, you have used past tense before and after these sentences in telling a string of actions done by Andrew. I'll say it has confused me ! |
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Zishuli You can meet me at english-test.net

Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 88 Location: Malaysia
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#4 (permalink) Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:06 am Track versus lane |
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Additionally, if a "lane" happened to run past the platform (perhaps in some remote country station), you would jump down into it, rather than onto it.
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MrPedantic I'm a Communicator ;-)
Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 1326 Location: Southern England
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#5 (permalink) Sat Sep 20, 2008 14:51 pm Track versus lane |
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MrPedantic wrote: | Additionally, if a "lane" happened to run past the platform (perhaps in some remote country station), you would jump down into it, rather than onto it.
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That would depend on the way you perceive the situation and the context itself. If the lane were raised in some way, if it had deeps ditches at each side, for example, you might indeed jump down onto the lane.
into/onto the lane = to enter the lane
Which would you "recommend here", MrP?
Quote: | Cross the stile and turn left into/onto the lane, past a red-tiled cottage, until you reach a junction of tracks. |
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Molly I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sat Sep 27, 2008 0:03 am Track versus lane |
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Molly wrote: | That would depend on the way you perceive the situation and the context itself. If the lane were raised in some way, if it had deeps ditches at each side, for example, you might indeed jump down onto the lane.
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No; "into".
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MrPedantic I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Sun Sep 25, 2011 0:20 am Track versus lane |
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Zishuly asked why we use here simple present? My question: because this is a dramatic narrative? _________________ Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. |
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Kati Svaby I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:38 pm Track versus lane |
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gets onto it (the train)-> why not: gets on the train? |
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Saneta I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#9 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:38 pm Track versus lane |
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gets onto it (the train)-> why not: gets on the train? |
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Saneta I'm a Communicator ;-)

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