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Near to me or near me? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange In the NOW Corpus, near me is 31 times more common This is a different matter with some other position-related words; something can be close to me but not close me, and the same for next to, proximate to, and so forth
Near, Nearer, Nearest - English Language Learners Stack Exchange 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
How much is that this it? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange The woman called the ring that because it was on the other woman's finger, even though it was near I might well call something near me that if I was not holding or touching it (unless I was using this and that to compare a near and a far object)
phrase choice - Keep close to me, keep near me or dont go far . . . We’re going to go grocery shopping now, and I need you to stay beside me If you don’t, you’ll have to hold my hand or sit in the grocery cart ” So, if you want to tell your child to stay close say Stay beside me!
word choice - What verb is used for scattering the smoke smell off of . . . I started waving (?) my hands when he began smoking near me because of the smoke He noticed that I knew he farted because I started to swing (?) my hands to drive the smell away I tried to find a verb, but none of the examples in dictionaries to which I have access showed the verbs being used for this specific context