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What is the difference between Be close to and Be near ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Be close to and Be near ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
May I say our birthdays are close or our birthdays are near? Thank you in advance!
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They can mean the same thing. But when you are relating to another person who is a friend or family member, you can "be close to" those people but you would not "be near" them. So they are the same when talking about real-life distance but not when expressing emotional distance.
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They can mean the same thing. But when you are relating to another person who is a friend or family member, you can "be close to" those people but you would not "be near" them. So they are the same when talking about real-life distance but not when expressing emotional distance.
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