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Boundary Country Shares Ruanda Burundi Borders Talking Area

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Keyword boundary
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The country shares boundaries with Ruanda and Burundi.
Correct Sentence The country shares borders with Ruanda and Burundi.
Cloze Error Sentence The country shares [[boundaries]] with Ruanda and Burundi.
Cloze Sentence The country shares [[borders]] with Ruanda and Burundi.
Cloze Answer borders
Choices boundaries | borders
Explanation

Use boundary when you are talking about an area of land within a country: 'The Mississippi River forms a natural boundary between Tennessee and Arkansas.' 'Their farm is just inside the boundary of the National Park.'

The place where two countries meet is the border: 'We're about to cross the border between Austria and Switzerland.'

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