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Voynich Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Almost vs come close to

Are there any differences between "I almost hit him." and "I came close to hitting him."? Thanks in advance!
  

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More context is needed to see what exactly you are trying to say, If you are referring to hitting by car, the second sentence means that you came intentionally close to him to hit him, but the first sentence means you are glad that you didn't hit him despite being very close to him. So they could be totally different. You can get better help if you provide more context.

— Hrsanei

  • More context is needed to see what exactly you are trying to say, If you are referring to hitting by car, the second sentence means that you came intentionally close to him to hit him, but the first sentence means you are glad that you didn't hit him despite being very close to him.
  • So they could be totally different.
  • You can get better help if you provide more context.
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More context is needed to see what exactly you are trying to say,

If you are referring to hitting by car, the second sentence means that you came intentionally close to him to hit him, but the first sentence means you are glad that you didn't hit him despite being very close to him.

So they could be totally different. You can get better help if you provide more context.
Ha
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The full sentences are "I was so angry that I almost hit him" and "I was so angry that I came close to hitting him".
The verb "hit" in here means "attack with a hand".
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I just see #2 as a little more informal.
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voynichcame close to hitting him
To my ear, this sounds a bit more emotionally charged than "almost".

CJ
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