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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010In the News
Overheard on tonight's news: "The two cars that collided were both traveling in opposite directions." Bill in Kentucky >Overheard on tonight's news: "The two cars that collided were both >traveling in opposite directions." During the collision, each one was traveling in opposite directions. ¬R http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/aol/whynot.r.html N.B. - Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once. >Overheard on tonight's news: "The two cars that collided were both >traveling in opposite directions." > >Bill in Kentucky Now I'm really surprised they hit each other. Normally they'd be traveling in opposite directions or they wouldn't hit each other, but if they were both traveling in opposite direction, that sounds safe to me.  SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 7 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years >> Overheard on tonight's news: "The two cars that collided were both >> traveling in opposite directions." [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Normally they'd be traveling in opposite directions or they wouldn't > hit each other, Well, they could collide at an intersection. > but if they were both traveling in opposite direction, > that sounds safe to me. I tend to think so, too. I wanted to ask "opposite directions to what?" Bill in Kentucky >Overheard on tonight's news: "The two cars that collided were both >traveling in opposite directions." <bending over backwards to be fair (painful)> If we insert a comma we get: "The two cars that collided were both traveling, in opposite directions." SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.english.usage) |
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