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Anonymous  #396777  Thu, 26 Jul 07 01:03 AM

Hi,

is it correct to say "she is being away from me" ? If not, what should I say?

thank you.

  
Grammar Geek  #396802  Thu, 26 Jul 07 02:28 AM

What do you mean to say? She is distant in an emotional sense? She has left you (the relationship)? Or simple that she is travelling?

  
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whl626  #396973  Thu, 26 Jul 07 02:40 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

Hi,

is it correct to say "she is being away from me" ? If not, what should I say?

thank you.

She and I are way over Smile [:)].

  
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Clive  #397005  Thu, 26 Jul 07 04:16 PM

Hi,

Just in terms of tense, you'd need to say 'she is away from me' rather than "she is being away from me".

But really, it depends on what your meaning is.

Best wishes, Clive

  
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whl626  #397177  Fri, 27 Jul 07 02:03 AM
Clive, the poster might be an Asian. What he wanted to say is most probably what I already responded.
  
Yankee  #397184  Fri, 27 Jul 07 03:15 AM

Hi whl626

Sorry, but I don't understand your sentence either.  Can you elaborate?  Way over what?

  
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whl626  #397185  Fri, 27 Jul 07 03:32 AM

Ooops, I thought this was a common sentence used among native speakers to mean a couple has broken apart. The relationship is over, it no longer exists. Either one is gone. Smile [:)]

  
Clive  #397211  Fri, 27 Jul 07 06:57 AM

Hi,

She has left him.

They are not together any more.

They have broken up.

Clive

  
nona the brit  #397249  Fri, 27 Jul 07 10:26 AM

No, 'away' isn't used to describe a couple that are no longer together.

Clive's suggestions are the most common phrases for this.

  
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