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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Next to/beside
I sat next to/beside a sleeping man in the waiting room.
Is one of them more appropriate in this sentence or are they completely interchangeable?
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They are not completely interchangeable. It is a matter of context and auctorial judgment, but the result is the same—your derriere was on the bench to one side of a nearby sleeping man. I guess "beside" is smoother than "next to" in general.
- They are not completely interchangeable.
- It is a matter of context and auctorial judgment, but the result is the same—your derriere was on the bench to one side of a nearby sleeping man.
- I guess "beside" is smoother than "next to" in general.
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They are not completely interchangeable. It is a matter of context and auctorial judgment, but the result is the same—your derriere was on the bench to one side of a nearby sleeping man. I guess "beside" is smoother than "next to" in general.
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