It's 10 kilometers' walk from the beach.

[Rachel Adams]

Hello

I asked a similar question before without adding ''km''. Could you please have a look at these sentences? Are 'of' and 'from' interchangeable in all the sentences?

1.It's 10 kilometer walking distance from the beach.

2.It's 10 kilometers' walk from the beach.

3.It's within a 10-kilometer walk of the beach.

4.It's a 10-kilometer walk from the beach.

5.It's 10 kilometers' walk from the beach.

6.It's a 10-kilometer walk from the beach.

 

[bhaisahab]

No, only 'of' works in 3. and only 'from' works in all the others.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Is it because 'within' and 'of' should be used together? So if I use 'within' I also use 'of', if I don't use 'within' I use 'from'', right?

 

[tedmc]

No.4 and 6 are the same.

10-kilometer should be hyphenated.

"Walk" doesn't mean much to me. Would the distance be any different if you drive or cycle? It would be more meaningful if you say "it's a 10-minutes walk from the beach".

 

[Rachel Adams]

Then, what's the rule?

I thought it should be: ''It's a 10-minute walk from the beach" not ''minutes''.

 

[probus]

Quite possibly. I used to walk about two kilometres from my home to a lesson with a client. The distance was about five kilometres by car or tram.

Yes indeed. I once made the mistake of walking between two terminals at a major international airport. It would have been only rwo or three hundred metres along pedestrian ways, but along the roads for cars and buses it turned out to be many roundabout kilometres. I suppose the possible pedestrian routes had been blocked for security reasons.

 

[tedmc]

Quite possibly. I used to walk about two kilometres from my home to a lesson with a client. The distance was about five kilometres by car or tram.

OK, if there is a short cut which is not accessible to vehicles. What I mean is, walking is usually described in terms of the time taken instead of distance (I know the argument about varying walking speed).

 

[tedmc]

Then, what's the rule?

I thought it should be: ''It's a 10-minute walk from the beach" not ''minutes''.

You are right; minutes should have been singular if hyphenated.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I really need an answer to my question (post #3) and an explanation, if you please.

 

[tedmc]

I really need an answer to my question (post #3) and an explanation, if you please.

Yes, it is as you have stated :

A is within 10 kilometers of B

A is 10 kilometers from B.

 

[Yankee]

No.4 and 6 are the same.

10-kilometer should be hyphenated.

"Walk" doesn't mean much to me. Would the distance be any different if you drive or cycle? It would be more meaningful if you say "it's a 10-minutes walk from the beach".

"It's a XX minute walk/run/drive/ride from/to XXX" is a common expression, but no plural for "minute".

 

[Yankee]

Then, what's the rule?

I thought it should be: ''It's a 10-minute walk from the beach" not ''minutes''.

You are correct. Se my post below.

 

[Rover_KE]

This thread was about distance — not time.

It has gone so far off topic and it's so muddled that I'm closing it.