How to say right, "A long way off" or "A long way from"?
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How to say right, "A long way off" or "A long way from"?
"Christmas is a long way off." (It is a long time between now and Christmas.) "Portsmouth is a long way from Edinburgh." (The distance between Portsmouth and Edinburgh is great.) These are just examples to illustrate that both are possible. There are other possible uses for them.
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When I talk about distances in space, that something is far from me, have I always got to use "from" rather than "off"?