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00I01font00 can see James in the [far/distant] mountain with this telescope. 02font02br
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01font00Can far be used to modify a noun? 02font00Yes.02br
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01font00If yes, what's the difference between far and dista

1i00The normal preposition is '01u00on02u00 a mountain' rather than 'in'.02i02br
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00Thanks Clive. I think the reason you suggest 'on' is that the sentence says James is visible.02br
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00If you can't see the person, which preposition would you use? 02br
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00Where's Jack? He's [in/on] the mo

0You'd still say ON the mountain. You can be up IN the mountainS. On one mountain, in a group of them.02br
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00However, your original sentence comes VERY close to one of the class cases of ambiguous modifyers. Who has the telescope? He has it on the mountain and you see that? Or you use it to see him on the mountain? (You avoid that by saying "THIS telescope.")0-

0Unless you are sure that Jack had planned on exploring caves in that particular mountain, you would say that Jack is 01b00on02b00 a particular mountain somewhere -- i.e. whether you can actually see him or not.02br
00However, you can use 01b00in02b00 if you don't01i00 02i00limit Jack's location to one particular mo

0Thanks, GG. I was about to ask about the ambiguity. Your edit answers the question I had.0-

0Thanks. Now that I'm clear with the preposition usage, a new problem arises. Actually, I have been having this problem. How do you count mountain? In other words, when to use the plural or singular? Based on the number of peaks?0-

0I like to hike in the White Mountains. (A mountain chain.)02br
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00My favorite mountain is Mount Blue. It's a tough mountain to climb, but once you're up there you have a magnificent view of all the surrounding mountains.02br
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00Yes, the peaks.0-

0Got it. I think you have a typo "touGh mountain". You don't have to reply to this post unless touch is what you meant.02br
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00Thanks GG.0-