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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Wasn't anywhere/nowhere near

Hi Forum.

What's wrong with this sentence?

'He wasn't anywhere near sleep'

The 'was' part should be positive here? Since we have a double negation?

Or could it be 'nowhere near sleeping'?

Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi, What's wrong with this sentence? It's not idiomatic to say someone is or is not' 'near sleep'. We often say eg 'He wasn't anywhere near asleep ' eg 'He was nowhere near asleep '.

— Clive

  • Hi, What's wrong with this sentence?
  • It's not idiomatic to say someone is or is not' 'near sleep'.
  • We often say eg 'He wasn't anywhere near asleep ' eg 'He was nowhere near asleep '.
  • 'He wasn't anywhere near sleep' The 'was' part should be positive here?
  • Since we have a double negation?
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Hi,

What's wrong with this sentence? It's not idiomatic to say someone is or is not' 'near sleep'.

We often say

eg 'He wasn't anywhere near asleep'

eg '
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