To be out of reach
Hello everyone,
If I am not mistaken "out of reach" could mean "unattainable/unachievable ". I read a gaming blog yesterday and the sentence I am about to use sounded somewhat odd to me. I don't know. Here it is:
- There are 100 character levels in the new expansion, but getting to level 100 is out of reach. Getting to level 98 doesn't take too long, but it will take you quite a while to hit the maximum level.
Attaining the maximum level is not impossible, just difficult and time consuming. So, don't we normally use "out of reach" for things that are (currently) impossible to achieve/get/etc? Just because something is difficult and time consuming doesn't mean it's undoable.
Anyway, I am probably wrong. I have been wrong before, I will be wrong again. 
Thank you.
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Gene93 If I am not mistaken "out of reach" could mean "unattainable/unachievable ". You are not mistaken. Gene93 getting to level 100 is out of reach.
- Gene93 If I am not mistaken "out of reach" could mean "unattainable/unachievable ".
- You are not mistaken.
- Gene93 getting to level 100 is out of reach.
- Taken literally, and given the other information in the paragraph, this is wrong, as you claim.
- Nevertheless, a charitable interpretation would take it as "out of reach for the less advanced player".
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Gene93If I am not mistaken "out of reach" could mean "unattainable/unachievable ".
You are not mistaken.
Gene93getting to level 100 is out of reach.
Taken literally, and given the other information in the paragraph, this is wrong, as you claim. Nevertheless, a charitable interpretation would take it as "out of rea
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