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Shipments by train ?? The word shipment came up in a lesson today and I explained it as a delivery of goods. "Yes," said the student "but by sea, obviously?" Offhand I wasn't sure. Do we use shipment more generally, or is it actually restricted to water transport? |
Re: Shipments by train ?? Without looking it up i'd say it was okay. Otherwise, what about consignment? The consignment arrived by train. |
Re: Shipments by train ?? By pure chance, after writing the original post I went to the Amazon site to look at some books. And noted that they talk about stuff being shipped. But presumably they don't necessarily send it by boat - ??? Yes, I agree with Clive that consignment/consigned is an alternative. But shipped/shipment seems more usual - in fact I've just done a googlebattle and it's come out : shipment - 47.7 million; consignment 9.2 million. No contest! |
Re: Shipments by train ?? I'll take it on the chin like a man. :-) |
Re: Shipments by train ?? A search at dictionary.com gives the following definitions for shipment, amongst others: - goods carried by a large vehicle - a load of goods sent by sea And this for the verb "to ship" - to put or take on board a ship or other means of transportation; to send or transport by ship, rail, truck, plane, etc. So I think we can safely use "to ship" and "shipment" to refer to other means of transporation too! |
Re: Shipments by train ?? I'll chime in and say that I think it's standard to refer to sending goods through a variety of mediums as shipping or shipment. Everything says 'shipping and handling' for listing additional charges when you buy an item. |
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