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Thread: close by or close to?
- 21-Nov-2007, 10:58 #1
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close by or close to? Which is proper? " My house is close to here" or " My house is close by here"?
- 21-Nov-2007, 23:15 #2
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Re: close by or close to? Both are acceptable.
It would be more usual to say "My house is close by" [omitting "here" as the phrase "close by" implies not far from here]
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