overtake

[navi tasan]

Is this sentence correct:
You left too little distance between yourself and him when you overtook him.

Is there a better way to say the same thing?

[Casiopea]

Is this sentence correct:
You left too little distance between yourself and him when you overtook him.

Is there a better way to say the same thing?

Yes. It's correct.
What about?

You didn't (really) leave (all that) much distance between the two of you when you overtook him.

[dodgerfan2002]

Don't "to overtake" and "to pass" mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference.

[RonBee]

Don't "to overtake" and "to pass" mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference.

In my opinion, "overtake" means "catch up with and then pass", while, "pass" simply means " go ahead of".

[navi tasan]

Thanks Cas,

How about:

You overtook him from up close.

Is that correct?

[Casiopea]

Thanks Cas,

How about:

You overtook him from up close.

Is that correct?

Hmm. What's the context?

[navi tasan]

The context is the same. We are in a car. You are driving. You overtake a car but leave little space between our car and the car you are overtaking.

[RonBee]

The context is the same. We are in a car. You are driving. You overtake a car but leave little space between our car and the car you are overtaking.

That seems rather dangerous, but it is not, I think, overtaking from up close. When A overtakes B A has to narrow the distance between A and B, come abreast of B, then pass B. As a practical matter, A will inevitabley come close to
B before passing B.

[RonBee]

The context is the same. We are in a car. You are driving. You overtake a car but leave little space between our car and the car you are overtaking.

That seems rather dangerous, but it is not, I think, overtaking from up close. When A overtakes B A has to narrow the distance between A and B, come abreast of B, then pass B. As a practical matter, A will inevitably come close to
B before passing B.