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Can I tell so? Thu Jan 29, 2004 16:48 pm  Can I tell so?
 

Hello everybody!!!. Can I say: I was NEAR to read this book .I know that I can say: I was ABOUT to read this book.
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About to read it... Thu Jan 29, 2004 16:55 pm  About to read it...
 

Hi Pupil,

As you said, 'I was about to read this book' is correct but you cannot replace 'about' by another preposition.
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About to read it... Thu Jan 29, 2004 17:06 pm  About to read it...
 

Torsten wrote:
Hi Pupil,

As you said, 'I was about to read this book' is correct but you cannot replace 'about' by another preposition.

Hi Torsten, NEAR mustn't use. Did I understand correctly?
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Right Thu Jan 29, 2004 17:34 pm  Right
 

Hi Pupil, You are right, you shouldn't 'near in this context'.
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