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T A N Y A Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

"nowhere near" VS "nowhere near AS" VS "nowhere near TO BE"

Dear all,

I'm struggling with the phrase "nowhere near", especially with what exactly should come afterwards*. Could please evaluate the following sentences? (The meaning of them should be "the task was pretty difficult".)

1) The task was nowhere near easy.

2) The task was nowhere near AS easy.

3. The task was nowhere near TO BE easy.


*Btw, when it comes to "after" and "afterwards", should have I used (in the very first sentence) "after" or "afterwards"?



Thank you so much!

  

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) 1) The task was nowhere near easy. 2) The task was nowhere near AS easy. 3.

— CalifJim

  • ) 1) The task was nowhere near easy.
  • 2) The task was nowhere near AS easy.
  • 3.
  • The task was nowhere near TO BE easy.
  • The equivalent is 1).
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(The meaning of them should be "the task was pretty difficult".)

1) The task was nowhere near easy.

2) The task was nowhere near AS easy.

3. The task was nowhere near TO BE easy.

The equivalent is 1). Your intended meaning is non-comparative, just like 1).

If the meaning were "The t

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T A N Y A"after" and "afterwards"

Don't use "afterwards" as a preposition and you'll be OK.

after the war, but not afterwards the war.

after rarely substitutes for afterwards. I'd recommend afterwards in the following example.

Those deals were scaled back to 20 percent in the two weeks [after / afterw

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Tanya;

If you are having difficulties with a phrase, try searching for examples in a curated corpus.

Another quick and good source is "fraze.it". This has examples from newspapers and magazines. For historical comparisons, and frequencies, use Google Books ngrams.

"nowhere near" from fraze.it:

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