FROM versus AT

[Kristine May]

What's the difference of FROM A DISTANCE from AT A DISTANCE?

THANKS! :-D

 

[Rover_KE]

Why don't you try using each phrase in a sentence of your own?

We'll be happy to comment.

Rover

 

[Kristine May]

She was looking at Gab from a distance.

She was looking at Gab who was standing and talking to Vira at a distance.


Thanks!

 

[Rover_KE]

Exactly, Kristine May.

Well done!

Rover

 

[Khosro]

Exactly, Kristine May.

Well done!

Rover

I signed a thank for this post. not because of the educational content but because of the method.

 

[Kristine May]

Hi, Teacher Khosro and Teacher Rover! When you say Venus looks at Gab from a distance, the phrase from a distance pertains to Venus as the reference point meaning the distance from Venus to Gab?

 

[Khosro]

Hi, Teacher Khosro and Teacher Rover! When you say Venus looks at Gab from a distance, the phrase from a distance pertains to Venus as the reference point meaning the distance from Venus to Gab?

I think this is a good question. We might say that in the second sentence we have no "reference point" in mind and we are just dealing with the distance itself.

 

[Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim]

Hi, Teacher Khosro and Teacher Rover! When you say Venus looks at Gab from a distance, the phrase from a distance pertains to Venus as the reference point meaning the distance from Venus to Gab?

yes, at a distance is seen as a point. At can be a point in time and place: at 8 O´clock or at the doctor´s. From refers to distance. It is simply a matter of perspective.

 

[Kristine May]

Thanks for all of you! :-D