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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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Maybe in next 50 or 60 years, euthanasia will become an acceptable practice

Not very far in the future, maybe in next 50 or 60 years, euthanasia will become an acceptable practice to end the suffering of terminally ill persons.

Is the phrase "Not very far in the future" correct? What other phrase could be put in to replace it? Please help. Thanks.
  

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50 years seems pretty far into the future for me. Perhaps because I'll most likely be dead by then. "Not very far into the future" sounds like something that should happen in the next few years, maybe 10 at the most.

— BarbaraPA

  • 50 years seems pretty far into the future for me.
  • Perhaps because I'll most likely be dead by then.
  • "Not very far into the future" sounds like something that should happen in the next few years, maybe 10 at the most.
  • In the decades to come, ...
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50 years seems pretty far into the future for me. Perhaps because I'll most likely be dead by then. "Not very far into the future" sounds like something that should happen in the next few years, maybe 10 at the most.

In the decades to come, ...
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Jackson6612Is the phrase "Not very far in the future" correct? What other phrase could be put in to replace it? Please help. Thanks.
Other ways to say this would be:-
In the near future.......
In the not too distant future....
Not long from now....
In a few years....... (not with 50 to 60 years)
In maybe only half a century from now....
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Thank you, GG, Louise.
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