Hello all,
Can you pls tell me the meaning of " far from dead"?
To be sure, the traditional conversation is far from dead.
To be sure, the traditional conversation is still very much a feature of modern English. to e sure, English speaking people still have traditional conversations. eg To be sure, the traditional conversation is far from dead, even in this era of texting and other features of social media.
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To be sure, the traditional conversation is still very much a feature of modern English.
to e sure, English speaking people still have traditional conversations.
eg To be sure, the traditional conversation is far from dead, even in this era of texting and other features of social media.
Clive.
The pattern "far from X" means that the state X has not yet been attained, and does not seem close to being attained. So, your sentence is saying that people still have traditional conversations, and are likely to continue to do so for a long time.
(Cross-posted.)