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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
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
Near, Nearer, Nearest - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Take me to a near station When you are referring to a distance, you cannot place the word near as an adjective in front of a noun You should place the adjective nearby to modify the noun station in this case So the right sentence is: Take me to a nearby station However, you can use the near in front of a noun when you refer to a time, a friend or relative, or when it means "almost" as
Beside VS Next to VS By [closed] - English Language Learners . . . On the other hand "by" means "near", but a lit closer than "near" Irrespective of the fact that "beside" is more formal and "next to" is a bit more casual, I was wondering whether I have been wrong in defining the following pairs as correct or incorrect: 1 a Come and sit beside me (Correct) 1 b Come and sit next to me
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
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)
Usage of the term White Elephant to mean something useless 1 A Thai restaurant near me is called the "White Elephant" To me, choosing this name seems misguided: as far as I am concerned, a White Elephant is a useless item (see link) Is this usage just an English thing, or does it have the same connotations for other English speakers?
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!