you need to put some distance between you and other person to maintain social distan

[tufguy]

When you go out or go shopping or stand in the queue you need to put some distance between you and other person to maintain social distancing.

Please check my sentence.

 

[tedmc]

Say "keep a distance" or "allow some distance".
Or just say "comply with social distancing requirement". Everyone would know what it is nowadays.

Add a comma after "queue".

 

[probus]

In my opinion "put some distance" is an idiom. We use it to indicate that we intend in future to avoid someone or something we have associated with in the past. For example: Now that you've quit using booze (or drugs or whatever intoxicant) you really need to put some distance between yourself and your friends who are still using. The expression long predates the current Covid-19 crisis.

 

[tedmc]

In my opinion "put some distance" is an idiom. We use it to indicate that we intend in future to avoid someone or something we have associated with in the past. For example: Now that you've quit using booze (or drugs or whatever intoxicant) you really need to put some distance between yourself and your friends who are still using. The expression long predates the current Covid-19 crisis.

So that is used figuratively rather than physically.

 

[emsr2d2]

[STRIKE]When you go out or go shopping or stand in the queue[/STRIKE] In any public place, you [STRIKE]need to put some distance between you and other person to[/STRIKE] must maintain social distancing.

Please check my sentence.

As is often the case, you used far more words than necessary. There's no need to specify "go out", "go shopping" or "stand in a queue". The requirement for social distancing applies whenever you're outside your own home.

 

[tufguy]

As is often the case, you used far more words than necessary. There's no need to specify "go out", "go shopping" or "stand in a queue". The requirement for social distancing applies whenever you're outside your own home.

How would you say it, if the virus wasn't around? What is the word for day to day life?

 

[5jj]

How would you say it, if the virus wasn't around? What is the word for day to day life?

If the virus weren't around, you'd have no need to even think of social distancing.

 

[tufguy]

If the virus weren't around, you'd have no need to even think of social distancing.

But there must be a way to say it because you cannot stand too close to someone. Am I correct?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

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Please check my sentence.

Done!

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

As is often the case, you used far more words than necessary. There's no need to specify "go out", "go shopping" or "stand in a queue". The requirement for social distancing applies whenever you're outside your own home.

Yes. Or you can just say, "When you go out, you need to maintain social distance.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

So that is used figuratively rather than physically.

Yes, e.g.: I decided to put some distance between my family and me to preserve what was left of my sanity.

 

[Rover_KE]

But there must be a way to say it because you cannot stand too close to someone. Am I correct?

Yes.

Be careful not to invade someone's space.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

How would you say it[STRIKE],[/STRIKE] if the virus wasn't around? What is the word for day-to-day life?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Do you want to know other terms for social distancing? You can call it:

- standing six feet away from people.

- keeping people at arm's length. (Ted, this is another common figurative expression, e.g.: I like to keep the police at arm's length.)

- standing away from other.

- giving yourself some elbow room. (Ted, this is another, e.g.: I moved out of the city because I wanted elbow room.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

But there must be a way to say it because you cannot stand too close to someone. Am I correct?

You certainly can stand too close to someone. That's how Covid gets passed along. That's why we have social distancing.

The question is unclear. There must be a way to say what?

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're talking about Covid, the rules on social distancing are already perfectly clear.
If you're talking about times before/after Covid, if you stand too close to someone, you can say that you're "invading their space". Everyone has a different opinion on what "too close" is. Some people don't mind other people standing right by them, practically touching them. Other people get a bit twitchy when other people come within half a metre or so of them. Everyone's different!
Also, where you are matters. In a queue at a supermarket, you wouldn't expect the next person in the queue to be touching you. At a gig, if you're in the standing area, you'd expect to be crammed in so that everyone's bodies are touching.

 

[probus]

How close is too close varies by culture. I recall reading that in America too close is just inside the bad breath zone, while amongst Austalian males any distance is too close.