nearby vs near

English as a Second Language English Teacher Explanations (ESL Tests)
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Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-1 “Speaking already”, question 4

We live … the city centre.

(a) near
(b) next
(c) by
(d) nearby

Test No. [color=blue]incompl/elem-1 “Speaking already”, answer 4

We live near the city centre.

Correct answer: (a) near

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We live near the city centre.

Correct answer: (a) near

Your answer was: incorrect
your sentence:
We live nearby the city centre.

My question is :
would the sentence be correct if we used nearby
and why wouldn’t be ???
and what the difference between both expressions

P.s : correct my sentences please :smiley:

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Hi Delta,

My word, you’re busy today! ‘Nearby’ is an adverb and adjective and ‘near’ can be both preposition or adverb. We can say:

We live near (preposition) the mountains
The mountains are very near (adverb)
The mountains are nearby (adverb)
We live in the nearby (adjective) mountains

Alan

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yea am kind of busy studying those days

thanks for answering
but i just wanna know
is it correct to use nearby in that sentence???

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No, in a word. You would say: We live near the city centre.

Alan

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thanks alot for your help

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Hi Delta,

You probably know at that the phrase “a lot” consists of two words – “a” and “lot”.[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: What aspect of Ben Franklin’s life does the speaker mainly discuss?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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yes
you’re right
A lot
thanks again for your correction