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
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
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 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 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