almost / nearly (adv.)AmE: /ıɒːlmoʊst/ - /ˈnlrli/BrE: /ıɔːlməʊst/ - /ˈnləli/There is not usually much difference between almost and nearly, and we can often use both with the same meaning.• I've nearly finished.• I've almost finished.Sometimes almost is nearer than nearly.We do not usually use nearly with negative words: never, nobody, no one, nothing, nowhere, no and none.Instead, we use almost, or we use hardly with ever, anybody, etc.almost never = hardly everalmost nobody = hardly anybodyalmost no money= hardly any money• I'll eat almost anything.• Nearly all the students have bikes.• There were nearly 200 people at the meeting.• Dinner's almost ready.• Their house is almost opposite ours.• It's almost time to go.• I like almost all of them.• It's a mistake they almost always take.• Almost no one (hardly anyone) believed him.• The story is almost certainly false.
Oh, I have a question about one of these, the one about the mistake.
Was it a mistake they make or a mistake they take? You could say it the way that you did, but it would be more common to talk about making a mistake even if the mistake was taking something. I am just curious about that one. If it is a mistake, no problem because we can edit our own blogs.
Comments
Was it a mistake they make or a mistake they take? You could say it the way that you did, but it would be more common to talk about making a mistake even if the mistake was taking something. I am just curious about that one. If it is a mistake, no problem because we can edit our own blogs.