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Jan 19, 2014 · Apr 19, 2021. #18. I think far emphasizes only the destination/other end. I think far away emphasizes both ends. As I said in my other comment, it's subtle and there is a huge gray area and room for personal preference.
Jul 31, 2017 · It's the place phrase that causes the inversion: Once lived a beautiful princess. In a faraway land lived a beautiful princess. = A beautiful princess lived in a faraway land. Although the fairytale opening is conventional in this literary style, ordinary language allows omission of 'there' too: In the corner was a hat-stand.
Jun 10, 2015 · Jun 10, 2015. #2. I would omit the prepositions 'away/far': –The village is 20km from here, 30 minutes by car. If you wanted to use a preposition, I'd suggest: –The village is 20km from here, 30 minutes away by car. Regarding choice of 'far/away', you would not normally use 'far' with a definite number, so you'd say, for example, 'she's ...
May 24, 2012 · May 24, 2012. #6. Words like "far" (huge, tiny, ...) are always relative to the context (a huge peanut is much smaller than a tiny elephant) and to the perceptions of the speaker and the listener. a. is still not clearly about time. The speaker may think 6 months is a long time, but the listener may schedule his time for 8 months in advance so ...
Oct 17, 2022 · this sentence is from " The best thing in the world " I want to know if I can delete the word 'who' in it: Once upon a time, there were four brothers...
Sep 18, 2010 · Sep 18, 2010. #6. I would say that it is clunky and inefficient, but I wouldn't say that it is "absolutely wrong". Bear in mind that " faraway " is a word too. If you take the "semantic boundaries" as [much|more|faraway] instead of [much|more far|away], then it is grammatically correct. However, if you wanted to be super efficient, you would ...
Jul 13, 2016 · away = this means: not present; not here. Ex. My father is away. He is on a business trip overseas. He is not here. far away = this describes a location not close to a specific point of reference. Ex. He lives far away from his family. -far and far away are quite often interchangeable since they are closely related, in my opinion.
Jul 21, 2016 · In the lyrics, the lowliness of life and the possibilities in finding love are dealt. with: So if you're down on your luck and you can't harmonize/Find a girl with far away. eyes/And if you're downright disgusted and life ain't worth a dime/Get a girl with. far away eyes.
May 10, 2012 · English - England. May 10, 2012. #3. Neither. Although I am sure you will hear both said. "In Brasilia, everything is far away. This would be taken literally at first and then, after a pause for thought, you would be understood.b. "In Brasilia, everything is distant. "Distant" has another meaning - vague; as if thinking of something else; not ...
May 23, 2013 · I thought of 'faraway' too. However, it wasn't within the options given. 'Distant' sounds better to me but the problem arose when I looked up the other option. Have a look at what it says: adj (prenominal) remote in space or time: a far country, in the far past. I believe that if 'a far country' is ok, so should 'far places' be.
