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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
English in UK
Old fashioned??
Are these sentences very old fashioned?
"They live very near now" " You are near right"
"It lasted near a century"
Let me know , please
Regards Franco
"They live very near now" " You are near right"
"It lasted near a century"
Let me know , please
Regards Franco
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In article , Franco (Email Removed) writes: [nq:1]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now"[/nq] This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance. It seems OK to me.
- In article , Franco (Email Removed) writes: [nq:1]Are these sentences very old fashioned?
- "They live very near now"[/nq] This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance.
- It seems OK to me.
- [nq:1]" You are near right"[/nq] Here it would be normal to say "nearly".
- [nq:1]"It lasted near a century"[/nq] Here I think "near" is being used to mean "approximately", but it isn't all that clear.
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In article , Franco (Email Removed) writes:
[nq:1]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now"[/nq]
This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance. It seems OK to me.
[nq:1]" You are near right"[/nq]
Here it would be normal to say "nearly".
[nq:1]"It lasted near a century"[/nq]
Here I think "near" is being used to mean "approximately", but
[nq:1]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now"[/nq]
This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance. It seems OK to me.
[nq:1]" You are near right"[/nq]
Here it would be normal to say "nearly".
[nq:1]"It lasted near a century"[/nq]
Here I think "near" is being used to mean "approximately", but
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[nq:1]In article , Franco (Email Removed) writes:[/nq]
[nq:2]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now"[/nq]
[nq:1]This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance. It seems OK to me.[/nq]
It'd have to be "nearby" for me. I don't think I can use "near" as an adverb, or at least not in the way it's used in the example.
-Aaron J. Dinkin Dr. Who
[nq:2]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now"[/nq]
[nq:1]This one is using "near" to mean close in terms of distance. It seems OK to me.[/nq]
It'd have to be "nearby" for me. I don't think I can use "near" as an adverb, or at least not in the way it's used in the example.
-Aaron J. Dinkin Dr. Who
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[nq:1]Are these sentences very old fashioned? "They live very near now" " You are near right" "It lasted near a century"[/nq]
The last one definitely seems old-fashioned. In modern usage one would say "nearly". Similarly in the second sentence, although I would rather use the third to exemplify the former usage that is no longer idiomatic. In the first one, "nearly" would be incorrect. "Near"
The last one definitely seems old-fashioned. In modern usage one would say "nearly". Similarly in the second sentence, although I would rather use the third to exemplify the former usage that is no longer idiomatic. In the first one, "nearly" would be incorrect. "Near"
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