AEE 2553: Near Versus Nearby in English

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast episode 2553, near versus nearby in English.
0:08.6	Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:15.3	Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:17.4	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection,
0:23.9	not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon,
0:31.2	the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:39.0	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list,
0:45.1	try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:49.2	Start your seven-day free trial at all-earsenglish.com forward slash app.
0:58.6	Do you ever wonder when to use near and when to use nearby?
1:03.9	There are clear grammatical rules for this.
1:06.9	Today we break it down so that you can start using these words correctly in English.
1:18.2	Do you often end up in situations where you know exactly what you want to say, but you don't
1:24.3	have the English vocabulary words that you need in that moment.
1:30.9	To succeed in English, you need nuanced English vocabulary.
1:34.0	But first, you need to know your English level.
1:40.1	Take our free English level quiz to find out if you are B1, B2, or C1.
1:47.8	Go to all earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all earsenglish.com slash F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
1:57.8	Hello, Aubrey. How's it going today? Hello, Lindsay. I am great. I have a question for you. Yeah, I'm ready. Do you live near any grocery stores, any in walking distance? I do. Actually, I have two or three of them in walking distance. Yeah. Lucky. I had one in walking distance in New York, but not here in Phoenix. Yeah, yeah. Different
2:19.2	geographies, different types of cities, right? I'll breathe that are laid out differently.
2:23.1	Yeah, this is interesting. I use the word near. Do you live near any grocery stores? We're talking
2:28.6	about the difference between near and nearby. This came up in a recent episode. Stayed to the
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