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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

It's too far below.

Hi

Could you please tell me if any of these sentences are natural English?

I can't jump. It's too far down.

I can't jump. It's too far below.

Thanks,

Tom

PS: I assume both would work here?

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Could you please tell me if any of these sentences are natural English? I can't jump. It's too far down.

— Clive

  • Could you please tell me if any of these sentences are natural English?
  • I can't jump.
  • It's too far down.
  • <<< No.
  • It's too high.
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Could you please tell me if any of these sentences are natural English?

I can't jump. It's too far down. <<< No. It's too high.

I can't jump. It's too far below. <<< No. It's too high.

Thanks,

Tom

PS: I assume both would work here? <<< Yes. are is better.

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What Clive wrote, except:

"Too far down" might sound natural because we say jump + down.

"It's too high" - fits jump + up or jump + down.

We don't say jump above/below because that would require a relative point, such as: above deck/below deck/below the surface/5 degrees below zero.

"It is/The ground is too far below me" doesn't fit the context with "jump" very natura

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