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rishonly  #148131  Sat, 15 Oct 05 06:03 PM

The Svarisen lab is seven hundred feet under the ice. We are closer to eight hundred?

Shall we say 'We are close to eight hundred'?
  
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Clive  #148160  Sat, 15 Oct 05 07:13 PM

Hi,

Either is correct grammar, but 'closer' tells me clearly that you are comparing the depths of two things.

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