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Thread #151885   Message #3551775
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
22-Aug-13 - 11:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: The difference a space makes
Subject: RE: BS: The difference a space makes
McGrath is right about 'faraway.' I don't understand why we change the stress in these two sentences:

She had a FARaway look in her eye.
She's gone far aWAY from here.

Any ideas?

As for 'forever' and 'for ever', I can't think of a reasonable sentence with the phrase 'for ever' in it.