http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslVocabularyAndIdioms/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpzdl/post.htm#492807Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492807Feebs110http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpzdl/post.htm#492807http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492807.xml&nbsp;Unlikely, as an acre is not a linear measurement but one of land area.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvhh/post.htm#492582Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:24:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492582Susankay1http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvhh/post.htm#492582http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492582.xml<p>Perhaps it&#39;s 75 acres frontage (on the road) &nbsp;x 4 acres deep = 300 acres.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvgl/post.htm#492569Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:11:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492569Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvgl/post.htm#492569http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492569.xml<p>Ah yes. THAT makes sense.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvzn/post.htm#492554Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:51:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492554Feebs113http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpvzn/post.htm#492554http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492554.xml&nbsp;It would seem to me that he has bought a farm of 300 acres total, which has a road running through it. 225 acres are on one side of the road, the other 75 being across the road, so the farm&#39;s acreage goes across the road.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdpp/post.htm#492437Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:54:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492437RayH4http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdpp/post.htm#492437http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492437.xml<br /><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Madhulk</strong></div><div>&quot;75 acres <span style="text-decoration:underline;">that goes across the road</span>. That&#39;s 300 acres, Julia, and it&#39;s all ours.&quot;</div></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><br />This doesn&#39;t make any sense to me. Are you sure you&#39;re quoting the source correctly?<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdpm/post.htm#492434Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:46:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492434Grammar Geek5http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdpm/post.htm#492434http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492434.xml<p>It sounds like 75 acres are roadfront, and the rest extend back from the road. But it&#39;s odd - unless they were divided into one-acre parcles, and 75 were roadfront, I don&#39;t know why he wouldn&#39;t talk about the linear feet that ran along the road instead.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdph/post.htmMon, 24 Mar 2008 14:40:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492429Madhulk6http://www.englishforums.com/English/75300Acres/zpdph/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-492429.xml&nbsp;A guy buys a place called Granger and tells his girlfriend:</p><p>&quot;75 acres <u>that goes across the road</u>. That&#39;s 300 acres, Julia, and it&#39;s all ours.&quot;</p><p>What does he mean by the underlined? That this is covering the whole road or what? And where did he get those 300 acres from since he says 75 the first time?&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>