{"id":72398,"date":"2019-09-29T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72398"},"modified":"2019-09-29T08:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T08:45:52","slug":"using-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Near"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Near<\/strong> is a conjunction.<\/p>\n
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  • The station is quite near<\/b>; it is only two minutes\u2019 walk.<\/li>\n
  • The summer holidays are drawing near. <\/b><\/li>\n
  • He lives near <\/b>by.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Near as a preposition<\/h3>\n

    Near <\/b>can be used with or without to<\/b>. To<\/b> is not normally used when we are talking about physical closeness.<\/p>\n

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    • Don\u2019t go near <\/b>the edge of the cliff, you may fall over it. (NOT Don\u2019t go near to the edge —)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      When we are not talking about physical closeness, near to <\/b>is often preferred.<\/p>\n

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      • I came very near to <\/b>hitting him. (NOT I came very near hitting him.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Nearer <\/b>and nearest <\/b>are generally used with to<\/b>, though to <\/b>can be dropped in an informal style.<\/p>\n

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        • Come and sit nearer to <\/b>me.<\/li>\n
        • Who is the girl sitting nearest to <\/b>the door?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Nearest vs. Next<\/p>\n

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          Nearest <\/b>means most near in space<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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          • Excuse me. Where is the nearest <\/b>hospital?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Next<\/b> means coming immediately after, in space or in order<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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            • I am first. Who is next?<\/b><\/li>\n
            • Take the next<\/b> turning to the right.<\/li>\n
            • I am looking forward to her next <\/b>visit.<\/li>\n
            • When you have finished this, what are you going to do next?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Note that in a few fixed expressions, next<\/b> is used to mean nearest in space<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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              • Who lives next door?<\/b><\/li>\n
              • Come and sit next <\/b>to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Next and the next<\/h3>\n

                Next week, next month <\/b>etc are the week or month just after this one. If I am speaking in May, next month is June; if I am speaking in the year 2005, next year is 2006. Prepositions are not generally used before these time expressions.<\/p>\n

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                • Goodbye – see you next week.<\/b> (NOT — the next week.)<\/li>\n
                • I am spending next Christmas <\/b>with my family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  The next<\/h3>\n

                  The next week <\/b>means the period of seven days, starting at the moment of speaking.<\/p>\n

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                  • I am going to be very busy for the next week.<\/b> ( = the seven days starting today.)<\/li>\n
                  • I will be at college for the next three years.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Note that when there is no number, we say the next few days\/weeks\/months,<\/b> not the next days\/weeks\/months.<\/p>\n

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                    • The next few days <\/b>are going to be wet. (NOT The next days —)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Near is a conjunction. The station is quite near; it is only two minutes\u2019 walk. The summer holidays are drawing near. He lives near by. Near as a preposition Near can be used with...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1629,1630,1631,1632,1634,1633],"class_list":["post-72398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-near","tag-near-as-a-prepositions","tag-near-to","tag-nearest","tag-nearest-vs-next","tag-next"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72400,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72398\/revisions\/72400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}