Parts 1 and 2 covered marijuanaâs brain mechanism and seven short term effects. Now weâll explore marijuana's long term effects on the brain. Even if you werenât familiar with the brain mechanisms, the short term effects were probably familiar to most readers. The long-term effects, however, are probably less known and certainly more contentious.
A: Well, the phrase âin close proximityâ isnât very graceful (weâd prefer ânearâ or âclose toâ), but we donât consider it redundant, as weâll explain. The Oxford English Dictionary defines âproximityâ as ânearnessâ or âthe fact, condition, or position of being near or close by in space.â. So theoretically the noun âproximityâ should need no help from an adjective like âclose.â. But theory is one thing and fact is another. In reality, there are degrees of nearness, so itâs reasonable to indicate how near with the use of an adjective like âclose,â âcloser,â or âclosest.â.
Use the adjective contiguous when you want to describe one thing touching another thing, or next to it but not actually touching. Things that are contiguous are near or next to but not actually touching and yet they are also defined as touching, sharing a border.. You can use this adjective to describe people or things related to and nearby others. It comes from the Latin word contiguus, which means pretty much the same thing, bordering upon.. Because the word has two meanings that are very similar but not always the same it can be a bit confusing. This is an example of what's called semantic ambiguity, when something can mean more than one thing or a word or phrase is not precise.