"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.
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.
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
Confused between 'Near something' and 'Near to something'
0 Actually, near something would work and I would use it over near to something. Where is your book? -Near my bed. Where is Wall Mart?-Near my house.
"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.
Usage of the term "White Elephant" to mean something useless
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
What is the difference between "next to, beside, by, and near"
I would say that "next to" and "beside" are identical to me in meaning, signifying immediate adjacency. "near" is a little more approximate and to me, implies it isn't "next to" but just "fairly close". This works for any scale from buildings to cutlery. "by" is a little more vague.
What verb is used for scattering the smoke/smell off of you with waving ...
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.