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Tara2 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

To within

Can you please explain "to within"?

  

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Maybe this example will help. Pour the hot brine into the jars, filling them to within a half-inch of the top. This means that the final level of the water should be a little less than a half-inch from the top.

  • Maybe this example will help.
  • Pour the hot brine into the jars, filling them to within a half-inch of the top.
  • This means that the final level of the water should be a little less than a half-inch from the top.
  • It could be 1/8 inch from the top, 1/4 inch from the top, or 3/8 inch from the top, and so on — anywhere from 1/2 inch from the top to exactly at the top.
  • I can't answer specifically for your mathematical example, but it must be something like this.
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Maybe this example will help.

Pour the hot brine into the jars, filling them to within a half-inch of the top.

This means that the final level of the water should be a little less than a half-inch from the top. It could be 1/8 inch from the top, 1/4 inch from the top, or 3/8 inch from the top, and so on — anywhere from 1/2 inch from the top to exactly at the top.

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