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Can anyone here please help me with this sentence? 私達は交代で運転した, what does で mean here?

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    Possible duplicate: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/57177/9831 / https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/2496/9831 – Chocolate Jan 18 '21 at 00:41
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One of the basic functions of the case particle で is to mark the means of an action.

Literally the sentence then means "We drove by alternation", which in human English will be "We drove there by taking turns behind the wheel".

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