New2grammar  +  452881 Thu, 13 Dec 07 06:49 PM The safe house is on the Mexico side of the US-Mexico border. The sentence above doesn't sound natural to me. Could you please rephrase it? Thanks in advance. New2grammar Joined on Tue, Nov 21 2006 Veteran Member 7,676 Who wants to go sailing around the world with me?

	Clive  +  452884 Thu, 13 Dec 07 06:54 PM Hi, The safe house is on the Mexico side of the US-Mexico border. The sentence above doesn't sound natural to me. Could you please rephrase it? You don't say what part of this sounds odd to you. I assume you know what a safe house means. Are you talking about spies? You could say 'The safe house is on the Mexican side of the border with the US'. Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,668 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	New2grammar  +  452891 Thu, 13 Dec 07 07:05 PM Thanks, Clive. "US-Mexico border" is what makes me feel the sentence to be unnatural. Do you usually combine country names and use it as an adjective? New2grammar

	Clive  +  452899 Thu, 13 Dec 07 07:54 PM Hi, Yes, it's not uncommon. Clive Clive