Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Correct or not?
Is the following sentence grammatically correct? -
My nearest neighbor is a mile distant, and no house is visible from any place but the hill-tops within half a mile of my own.
Is the underlined word used correctly here?
Top answer
Omar Ahmed Is the underlined word used correctly here? It is. 'distant' is a more formal way of saying 'away' after measurements of distance.
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Omar AhmedIs the underlined word used correctly here?
It is. 'distant' is a more formal way of saying 'away' after measurements of distance.
Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our solar system, at just 4.2 light years distant from our Sun.
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