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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Winter

Do these two mean the same?

Now winter is approaching.
Now winter is coming.
  

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Yes. COMING means "coming towards us", which is the same as "approaching", though strictly it is not winter that is approaching us; WE are approaching winter (in a temporal sense).

— KrisBlueNZ

  • Yes.
  • COMING means "coming towards us", which is the same as "approaching", though strictly it is not winter that is approaching us; WE are approaching winter (in a temporal sense).
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Yes. COMING means "coming towards us", which is the same as "approaching", though strictly it is not winter that is approaching us; WE are approaching winter (in a temporal sense).
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And do they sound equally natural as English?
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Yes. APPROACHING is more formal and more accurate; COMING is more casual.
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