On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PGage" <[email protected]> > >> Really? That is something I have never heard of before. So, in order >> to say "then we went back to the 295" an east coaster would say "then >> we went back to 295"? > > THE 295? My apologies to Kevin, but according to Wikipedia, there are eight > I-295s. > > From Washington to New York, you'd get on 295 (or 95, either one) up to > Baltimore, take 895 to bypass downtown -- Baltimore's beltway (695) swings > too far off-course -- and then stay on 95 the rest of the way toward New > York.
Is the point that East Coasters don't use "The 295" because there is more than one stretch of road designated I-295? That just seems odd to me. Isn't it true that there is only one 295 that stretches over many different miles? I don't see any grammatical problems with calling it "The" 295. Our problem was that we had to go back to [the] 295 because The New Jersey Turnpike ([the] 95?) was closed due to a bomb threat. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
