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Can I say "the traffic here is very convenient" or "the transport here is quiet convenient"? How does a native describe a place where you ... Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install ThankyouforbeingamemberoftheUsingEnglish.comcommunity!Areyouenjoyingoursite?PleasereviewusonTrustPilot... Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. trafficisconvenient Threadstarter jasonlulu_2000 Startdate Aug20,2012 Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. J jasonlulu_2000 SeniorMember Joined Apr2,2012 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Chinese HomeCountry China CurrentLocation China CanIsay"thetraffichereisveryconvenient"or"thetransporthereisquietconvenient"? Howdoesanativedescribeaplacewhereyoucantakeabusorsubwayconveniently? Thanks. Jason   H HanibalII Member Joined May9,2012 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage English HomeCountry Australia CurrentLocation Australia Youcouldsayeither,butbothhavedifferentmeanings. "thetraffichereisveryconvenient"mayimplydifferentmeaningsbasedoncontext.Suchasthereisverylittletrafficinyourwaymakingtransportationfast. "thetransporthereisquiteconvenient"howevercouldimplythatthereistransporteasilyaccessible,butdoesnotexplicitlystatethereislittletraffic,orimplythattransportationisfast/reliable,onlythefactthatitiseasilyaccessible. Mostpeoplewouldjustsaythetransportationisconvenient,butaddfurthercontexttothesituation. Notateacher.....Yet   emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK InBrEyouwouldsay"Theareahasagoodpublictransportnetwork"or"Thereisgoodpublictransport"orsomethingsimilar.Youneedtospecifypublictransport.Forme,sayingthatthetraffic​isconvenientisnotnaturalatallandIwouldassumeitwasanerrorifIreadit.   5jj Moderator Staffmember Joined Oct14,2010 MemberType NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry CzechRepublic CurrentLocation CzechRepublic emsr2d2said: Forme,sayingthatthetraffic​isconvenientisnotnaturalatallandIwouldassumeitwasanerrorifIreadit. Clicktoexpand... Metoo.Thesamegoesfor'thetransportisconvenient'.   S SoothingDave VIPMember Joined Apr17,2009 MemberType InterestedinLanguage NativeLanguage AmericanEnglish HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates "Masstransit"isanAmericanexpressionforasystemofbusesandtrains.   Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Top