preposition

[birru]

Dear Sir,

I'm Birru, I want to know how to use the word near with prepositions,

or what is mean by the near by, near to, etc, which are wrong or right.

please help me,

thank you sir,

yours truly,

Birru

[RonBee]

You don't necessarily need a preposition with the word near. Example:

He was standing near her when she sneezed.

~R

[birru]

thank you sir, for repply

hear i have a problem with these 4 sentences,
1, I got there just after you left - a near miss,
2, She and her near friend left early,
3, the war led to a near doubling of oil prices.
4, they came near to tears seeing the plight of the victims.

which one is incorrect, why,

and another

is it right to use,

"sun, the star near you." or which word i use other then to "near".

yours truly,

birru.