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HUBLOT Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
See somebody "at a distance" / "in the distance"
Hello.
- see someone at a distance
- see someone in the distance
Do these two mean the same thing?
- see someone at a distance
- see someone in the distance
Do these two mean the same thing?
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- see someone at a distance- see someone in the distanceDo these two mean the same thing? Not quite. They are not interchangeable in these two sentences.
- - see someone at a distance- see someone in the distanceDo these two mean the same thing?
- Not quite.
- They are not interchangeable in these two sentences.
- He wears a bright yellow jacket so people can see him at a distance.
- ) I was walking down the street and spied Mary in the distance walking towards me.
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HUBLOTHello.- see someone at a distance- see someone in the distanceDo these two mean the same thing?Not quite.
They are not interchangeable in these two sentences.
He wears a bright yellow jacket so people can see him at a distance. (He will be visible from some far away vantage point.)
I was walking down the street and spied Mary in t
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