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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Near vs Nearby

The house is near the park.

Is 'near' an adverb modifying 'is'? Can we use 'nearby' in the same way?

The house is nearby the park.

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My impression is that "near" is usually used as a preposition and "nearby" is usually used as an adjective. There's some crossover, but I don't think your second version is idiomatic. That's not to say you won't hear it.

— Avangi

  • My impression is that "near" is usually used as a preposition and "nearby" is usually used as an adjective.
  • There's some crossover, but I don't think your second version is idiomatic.
  • That's not to say you won't hear it.
  • It's more common to hear "near" used as an adjective than to hear "nearby" used as a preposition.
  • ( The end is near.
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My impression is that "near" is usually used as a preposition and "nearby" is usually used as an adjective.
There's some crossover, but I don't think your second version is idiomatic. That's not to say you won't hear it.

It's more common to hear "near" used as an adjective than to hear "nearby" used as a preposition.
(The end is near.)

It's tempti
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So in the first sentence, 'near' is a preposition functioning as an adjective, the park being the object?

My attempt was poor. I should have just asked, as I knew I didn't take enough time to think this through
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As usual, your questions are fraught with peril. You send me to the dictionary to check my instincts, and the danged words are just about every part of speech imaginable. I give up!
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Avangi"to be" takes a noun or adjective complement.
Only?

The money is here.
This money is for you.
The money in on the table.
The picnic is tomorrow; the concert was yesterday.

Keep looking; it's somewhere around there.

CJ
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We frequently see prepositional phases as subject complements, do we?

As we can see from CJ's post, which, once again, is riddled with counter-examples, adverbs and more can follow a copular.
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English 1b3The house is nearby the park.
No. You can use nearby as an adjective or adverb, but it's not a preposition. near is the prepositional form.

CJ
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English 1b3adverbs and more can follow a copular.
Just about everything but the kitchen sink!

CJ
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****, this is the second time in a week I've seen one of my posts actually posted in the thread with my own eyes, and then disappear a minute later. It's ****** disheartening!
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Avangidisappear a minute later
Oof! Really bad luck you're having there. Emotion: sad

CJ
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Avangi
****, this is the second time in a week I've seen one of my posts actually post with my own eyes, and then disappear a minute later. It's ****** disheartening!


Try not to be discouraged, Avangi. You think logically, and I often see eye to eye with you--even if your answers are sometimes just ever so slightly skewed
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