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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

His performance was near perfect.

Hi

Could you please tell me which one of the following is better English?

His performance was near perfect.

His performance was nearly perfect.

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

Greetings to you, Mr. Tom! The thing is that both variants are correct, and I would even add another one: His performance was near-perfect.

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings to you, Mr.
  • Tom!
  • The thing is that both variants are correct, and I would even add another one: His performance was near-perfect.
  • In other words, 'near' is used for 'nearly' in adjective and noun phrases such as 'near-perfect', 'a near-disaster', etc.
  • These combinations are usually hyphenated, but there is no consistency in this matter.
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Greetings to you, Mr. Tom!

The thing is that both variants are correct, and I would even add another one:

His performance was near-perfect.

In other words, 'near' is used for 'nearly' in adjective and noun p
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