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How can I share information with other person using adverb FAR and NEAR. Hi all. Sometimes I face problems to tell someone about objects which can locate near or far from each other. For example when I am speaking to someone by phone, and he or she asks me where is that place from me, from that place I am at that time. Who can make this subject clear for me. Thanks in advance for any answers.

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How can I share information with other person using adverb FAR and NEAR.

Hi all. Sometimes I face have problems to tell telling someone about objects which can locate are located near or far from each other.
For example when I am speaking to someone by phone, and he or she asks me where is that place from me, from that place I am at that time.

Who can make this subject clear for me. Thanks in advance for any answers.

 

Look at this map: https://goo.gl/maps/bkXhFyRgxsn

Imagine you're at times square in Manhattan, New York.

You want to go to the Rockefeller Center.

 

You can say, Times Square is only a 7 min walk from Rockefeller Center.

Times Square is near to the Rockefeller Center, about 7 minutes walking distance.

 

If you look at the map, there is also a place called, The Eugene O'Neill Theater.

You can zoom in and you can see it south of Times Square.

 

The Eugene O'Neill Theater is 2 or 3 blocks away from Times square.

Therefore, The Eugene O'Neill Theater is very near to Times square.

 

Now you decide you want to go to the Statue of Liberty.

look at the map: https://goo.gl/maps/4JLAxudCn1T2

 

From Times Square, The Statue of Liberty is about 4 miles away or 6.5 km away.

If you want to walk from Times Square to the Statue of Liberty, then it is very far.

 

So you can say, I want to walk to the Statue of Liberty, but I'm far from it.

or, I want to walk to the Statue of Liberty, but I'm quite/ver far from it.  

The quite is like saying very.

 

Of course, if you were to drive, then the statue of liberty might not be far.

By driving, it only takes 20 minutes with no traffic.

 

So then you can say, If I drive to the Statue of Liberty, then it is not so far because it will take me about 20 minutes to get there. 

 

So, the Rockefeller Center is very close to you, but the Statue is very far from you.

 

 

 

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