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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:43 pm Post subject: got off at the station |
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I saw a sentence in an exercise book as follows.
I was grateful when I was told where to get off the bus at tha theatre.
I think this is a ridiculous sentence. Since the specific spot "the theatre" has been pointed out, why does the author use "where to get off the bus".
I cannot understand the sentence. What do you think?
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dragn
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| I was grateful when I was told where to get off the bus at tha theatre. |
It's convoluted at best; absurd at worst.
The simplest way to make it sensible is to say:
I was grateful when I was told where to get off the bus for the theater.
Now it sounds like I wanted to go to the theater, and needed to ask what stop to get off for that destination.
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