Michelle Kaplan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Maybe we could talk about direct objects on another episode.
But it's easier, I think, to just think of it as needing, you know, it will always have a noun or a noun phrase after it.
Yeah, so both near and nearby function as an adverb.
And when it's used as an adverb, it always means not far away.
So nearby typically describes location.
For example, there aren't any gas stations nearby.
And near can also describe location as an adverb in the same way, but it's much less common.
You could say the dog stayed near while we talk, while we talked, right?
In the US, we would be more likely to say nearby, but it's grammatically correct to say near as well.
Yes, right?
And then it would mean soon or almost.
And this is interesting.
We do not use nearby for time in this way.
Nearby is really just about location.
But with time, we could say, as the deadline drew near, everyone got nervous.
or a chunk that's really common.
What is it, Lindsay?
It's true, right?