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Latest post Sun, May 22 2005 9:09 AM by kurtlau. 1 replies.
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kurtlau  +  101874 Sun, 22 May 05 09:09 AM
A new ring road is being built around the city.
A new ring road around the city is being built.

i want to ask the meanings of the two sentence is same?
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kurtlau
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Mister Micawber  +  101900 Sun, 22 May 05 01:11 PM

Hi Kurt,

Yes, same meaning. Prepositional adverbs have a bit of fluidity in a sentence. In your example, it could also introduce the sentence:

'Around the city, a new ring road is being built.'

The writer has the option, which he may use to manipulate sentence stress or focus.

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