The car came round the bend on the wrong side of the road.,
Just the above sentence that I can not 100% understand.
It is a curve of a road. A car rushed to the wrong side. But the writer uses "come round ". What does She/he want to express?
2007-08-04 20:19:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is writing in dialect and probably should have been written as:
The car came 'round the bend on the wrong side of the road.
'round being a contraction of around and common in many dialects of American English.
2007-08-04 21:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people don't use the "a" in the phrasing of "came around" it's purposely misspelt to mirrow modern English.
The overall expression is for you as the reader to visualise being placed at the finish of a road bend and see this car appear to "come round" it in front and towards you from obscurity.
If it "went round" the bend then u would be place behind it or directly above it watching it go away from you.
Also i can go round to my friends house but i would not be travelling in a circle, it's just a term we use.
2007-08-04 21:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by just-dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "around"
There's a road with a curve in it. The car came around the curve, but it was on the wrong side of the road; therefore, likely to cause an accident!
2007-08-04 20:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by embroidery fan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a mispelling or bad english. It should read;The car came around the bend on the wrong side of the road.
2007-08-08 08:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English language relies to a certain degree on context, ie "come round sometime", "you're driving me round the bend", "he drove around the corner", "around about five o'clock". In your case i'm sure it was just a typing error, it should have stated "around" and the a is not silent but some people are lazy and shorten words.
2007-08-04 20:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by ?????????????????????? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have used 'around' the bend.
The car was being driven on the wrong side of the road as it went around the bend.
2007-08-04 20:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by 'Dr Greene' 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Came AROUND the bend. To follow the curve of the bend one would assume.
2007-08-04 20:24:41 · answer #7 · answered by Hi Y'all! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he/she wants to express that the car turned. so ill re-phrase the sentence "The car turned to the wrong side of the curved road."
2007-08-04 20:25:49 · answer #8 · answered by bittykittietwinklepie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it most likely means "around the bend". I've seen it used before as 'round, it is kind of like a slang for around...i guess?
2007-08-05 01:26:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Round is a shape,,,around is the correct grammatical term in this instance
2007-08-04 20:34:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋