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Aramahosi Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Well

"I was already well into the distant future."

Does well modify "distance"? Thanks in advance!

The sentence is quoted from http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxpil/ive_been_playing_the_same_game_of_civilization_ii /
  

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" Well in modifying the prepositional phrase into the distant future.

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  • " Well in modifying the prepositional phrase into the distant future.
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"I was already well into the distant future."

Well in modifying the prepositional phrase into the distant future.
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Thanks! So is the paraphrase of "well into the distant future" "into the very distant future"?
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Yes, I would say so. It is difficult to measure exactly how far the speaker judges is well into the distant future, but my first impression is that he is referring to the far distant future.
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