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Old 18-September-2007, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Gillianren View Post
For the umpteenth time, the "park" in "parkway" is like Central Park, not like parking lot. A parkway is supposed to have trees and things along it, making it decorative. And you do drive on a driveway, just not very far. And the original driveways were much, much longer.
How much much longer were they? And why?

Also, what kinds of "things" in addition to the trees?
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