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19 Feb 2015
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What is the difference between away and far ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between away and far ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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19 Feb 2015
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Away means from here to somewhere else. I am going away. The restaurant is six miles away. Go away! Far means a (big) distance. How far is the restaurant? The nearest star is far away.
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- Spanish (Spain)
Los dos suponen lejanía, pero juntos 'far away' se potencian: 'muy lejano'
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To me, far is used in questions or in answers stating that something is far. Away is used is used the answer. For example, how far does he live from your house? He lives 10 minutes away. So it isn't very far.
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Away means from here to somewhere else. I am going away. The restaurant is six miles away. Go away! Far means a (big) distance. How far is the restaurant? The nearest star is far away.
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