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Christine Christie Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

In passing

Consider the following sentence:


"The two only knew each other in passing."



Does this mean the same as the following?



"The two only knew each other by sight."




(If so, which expression is better?)




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Top answer

" They did not know each other very well. They had only met a couple of times very briefly.

  • " They did not know each other very well.
  • They had only met a couple of times very briefly.
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Christine Christie"The two only knew each other in passing."

They did not know each other very well. They had only met a couple of times very briefly.

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