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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Correct or not?

Is the following sentence grammatically correct? -

My nearest neighbor is a mile distant, and no house is visible from any place but the hill-tops within half a mile of my own.

Is the underlined word used correctly here?

  

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Omar Ahmed Is the underlined word used correctly here? It is. 'distant' is a more formal way of saying 'away' after measurements of distance.

— CalifJim

  • Omar Ahmed Is the underlined word used correctly here?
  • It is.
  • 'distant' is a more formal way of saying 'away' after measurements of distance.
  • 2 light years distant from our Sun.
  • CJ
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Omar AhmedIs the underlined word used correctly here?

It is. 'distant' is a more formal way of saying 'away' after measurements of distance.

Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system, at just 4.2 light years distant from our Sun.

CJ

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