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- Near to me or near me? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
OALD adds a note that Near to is not usually used before the name of a place, person, festival, etc Not only is near me considerably more popular than near to me in both British and American books, but a look through instances of the latter shows many Biblical quotes and other archaic language In the NOW Corpus, near me is 31 times more common
- Near, Nearer, Nearest - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
3 a) Take me to a near station b) Take me to a nearer station than that station c) Take me to the nearest station I believe a) is not used but b) and c) are I want to hear a good explanation if there is
- Difference between Its fine with me and its fine to me?
It looks like fine to me is absolutely incorrect Where did you read this sentence? It's fine with me is perfectly correct English, and a common expression It's fine to me is also perfectly good English The American who told you that It's fine to me is "wrong" simply does not understand her own language!
- grammar - Could it be correct to say near from? - English Language . . .
Can you tell me please if this sentence is grammatically correct: My school is near from my house
- phrase usage - How to tell someone that them being near you is making . . .
Suppose my friend and I are sitting on the couch and my friend is getting too near me It's making me feel hot and I want to convey it to him Would it be natural to say this to him: You're turnin
- Confused between Near something and Near to something
I get confused when I read 'near' and 'near to' something I often hear people saying 'near' without 'to', but then 'near to' is also correct For example read the following sentences: Where is you
- Is there any difference between sit next to someone, sit beside . . .
They have slightly different implications in some contexts: "sit next to me" implies sitting in the very next seat, on one side or the other How close that is will depend on how closely the seats are spaced, however "sit beside me" often implies sitting fairly close, possibly touching "sit by me" just means sitting in my general vicinity
- phrase choice - Keep close to me, keep near me or dont go far . . .
Let's say I went for a walk with a child, and I want them to be close to me so that they are safe Which of the following sentences sound the most natural? Keep close to me! Keep near me!
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