The number 0.999... never terminates. It also never changes value, so you can't say it "gets infinitely close" to anything. Single numbers aren't asymptotic, so I don't see how you can apply asymptotes here either. Perhaps you are confusing the number 0.999... with a function that gradually approaches 0.999...?
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If 0.999 (etc.) = 1, does 1 - 0.999 = 0?
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