near
1.把near用作nearly解，如near thirty years ago和near dead with fright现在很不普通，该避免。
2.near作“几乎的”、“近似的”、“相似的”、“好像真的”解是美国用法，如near blindness（几乎失明），a near accident（几乎肇祸），a near tragedy（一件跟悲剧相差无几的事情），near beer（好像真的假啤酒）和near silk（好像真的假丝、丝一般的物质）。near-naked（几乎裸体的）等也是美国用法。
3.下面各句意思相同：
- That might go near to kill him.（那个将几乎把它弄死。）
- That might go near to killing him.
- That might go near killing him.
- That might come near to killing him.
- That might come near killing him.
在come near后面不接不定式，例如不说That might come near to kill him。以上各句里在英国用go和come都普通，在美国主要用come。
4.We live quite near them比We live quite near to them普通。
5.near here等不及not far from here等合乎习惯。
6.关于near by参见nearby
