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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
far from...
we often use such expressions as "far from enough/scrupulous/...".
if "from" is an preposition, how can it be followed by an adjective?
Hope someone can clarify this from the grammatical point of view.
tks
if "from" is an preposition, how can it be followed by an adjective?
Hope someone can clarify this from the grammatical point of view.
tks
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Merriam-Webster considers it an idiomatic adverb: far from : of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than (the trip was far from a failure)
- Merriam-Webster considers it an idiomatic adverb: far from : of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than (the trip was far from a failure)
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Merriam-Webster considers it an idiomatic adverb: far from : of a distinctly different and especially opposite quality than (the trip was far from a failure)
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