2015年12月16日 · As for the sentence "Take me to a nearer station than that station", I think it also sounds a bit weird. It should be as follows: Take me to a station which is nearer than that station. Take me to the nearest station. This sentence is correct grammatically. You can use the superlative form nearest in front of a noun.

2020年6月8日 · My house is nearer the school than yours. is a grammatically correct sentence, even though I would prefer . is nearer TO the school. So my question is: is "nearer" really a preposition in the comparative, or is the real preposition "to", but there's an ellipsis, and only "nearer" is left, and then it would be an adverb.

2018年5月5日 · Or, "come closer" because I love you. Or "Come nearer", said the witch to the boy, so that I can cast a spell on you. Again an unusual directive for an unusual situation. However, it's not that "near" is always the less common word. Only in these particular examples.

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I get confused when I read 'near' and 'near to' something. I often hear people saying 'near' without 'to', but then 'near to' is also correct. For example read the following sentences: Where is your

2018年3月4日 · In school, I was taught whenever coming across the pattern "either..or" or "neither..nor", we should always consider the noun/pronoun nearer to the verb when deciding which form to use. For example: Neither my parents nor John _____ (agree) with that. In this case, we should use "agrees" instead of "agree" since John is closer to the verb.

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However, when talking about the verb approach that means something moving nearer something/one: I was able to hear the sirenes of the ambulance approaching to the local. Must "to" be proceeded after "approach" when it implies to say

2017年7月12日 · The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject: Neither they nor he is going. Neither he nor they are going.