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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

That is at the greatest distance?

Can we substitute "where it is farthest to the sun" for "that is at the greatest distance from the sun"?

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aphelion
  • n.

    • apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
  

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SweetFreedom Can we substitute "where it is farthest to from the sun" for "that is at the greatest distance from the sun"? Yes, we can (as corrected above). The very definition of 'farthest' IS 'at the greatest distance'.

— CalifJim

  • SweetFreedom Can we substitute "where it is farthest to from the sun" for "that is at the greatest distance from the sun"?
  • Yes, we can (as corrected above).
  • The very definition of 'farthest' IS 'at the greatest distance'.
  • nearest to; farthest from CJ
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SweetFreedomCan we substitute "where it is farthest to from the sun" for "that is at the greatest distance from the sun"?
Yes, we can (as corrected above). The very definition of 'farthest' IS 'at the greatest distance'.

nearest to; farthest from

CJ
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