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Jandi Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
From a distance
Hello, teachers!
Would you please check this sentence for me?
- I saw/witnessed the murder from [a distance, far off, far away, afar], so I didn't see the murderer's face.
Thank you very much.
Peace!
Would you please check this sentence for me?
- I saw/witnessed the murder from [a distance, far off, far away, afar], so I didn't see the murderer's face.
Thank you very much.
Peace!
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This is a matter-of-fact, objective, observation, so I would suggest that only 'a distance' is appropriate. The others are possible, of course, although 'afar' is quite literary, so seldom heard in prosaic speech.
- This is a matter-of-fact, objective, observation, so I would suggest that only 'a distance' is appropriate.
- The others are possible, of course, although 'afar' is quite literary, so seldom heard in prosaic speech.
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This is a matter-of-fact, objective, observation, so I would suggest that only 'a distance' is appropriate. The others are possible, of course, although 'afar' is quite literary, so seldom heard in prosaic speech.
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