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are close to one another vs are close to each other

Both phrases are correct; however, they're used in slightly different contexts. 'Are close to one another' is more formal and is often used in written English. On the other hand, 'are close to each other' is more commonly used in spoken English.
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are close to one another

This phrase is correct and is commonly used in written English.

This phrase is more formal and is often used in written English to describe objects or people that are physically near each other.

Examples:

  • The two houses are close to one another.
  • The students sat close to one another during the exam.
  • Aug 12, 2021 ... My own tier list. All tiers are ordered but characters that are close to one another can switch around. Competitive.
  • Mar 18, 2022 ... I would like to merge polygons that are close to one another but do not share a common boundary (see screen capture).
  • Apr 7, 2020 ... another explorer has posted a similar location in the backrooms i guess we are close to one another? i don't want to meet another person in ...
  • I need a way to combine the points that are close to one another into a common point so that I can run the Collect Events script.
  • Sep 27, 2021 ... These would be considered precise because they are close to one another, but not necessarily close to the true value of 4.710. I hope that helps ...
  • Sep 17, 2015 ... Because Dublin's major sites are close to one another, walking is easy. Bloomsday Celebration: June 16. During our days in Dublin, we visited ...
  • Jun 28, 2017 ... ... are close to one another. Consider that our galaxy is 100,000 light years in diameter and all seven stars of the Big Dipper are within a ...
  • Oct 10, 2013 ... My understanding is that if conductors of different voltage are close to one another, or have contact with each other, some voltage transfer can ...
  • Jan 11, 2011 ... How would I go about finding out which cities are close to one another? i.e. in England, Cambridge is fairly close to London. So If I have a ...
  • Jan 28, 2022 ... There is a behavior in the latest versions of sketchup that move end point (vertex) automatically if they are close to one another. It is causing inaccuracies ...

Alternatives:

  • are near each other
  • are adjacent to one another
  • are in close proximity to one another
  • are in close proximity to each other
  • are close together

are close to each other

This phrase is correct and is commonly used in spoken English.

This phrase is more commonly used in spoken English to describe objects or people that are physically near each other.

Examples:

  • The two friends are close to each other.
  • The houses are close to each other.
  • Mar 14, 2023 ... However, as op said, they are close to each other in general. Though now i think it will change (the dynamics) since some members have their ...
  • Aug 14, 2014 ... Can I say that a and b "are close" or do I always need to say a and b "are close to each other"? Thank you very much in advance!
  • Jan 5, 2024 ... Some seeds where traders are close to each other. Hey guys, just a list for you of the seeds I found with both traders close to each other ...
  • Mar 8, 2018 ... check if 2 given number are close to each other python · abs(num1 - num2) <= 1. – 001 · If you're doing this multiple times, write a function ...
  • Oct 5, 2010 ... Is there a particular operation that will group the numbers that are "close to each other"? I will give an example to clarify the question ...
  • Mar 3, 2010 ... I have 2d-points (x,y) with float coordinates, when I draw them, I need to group points if they are close to each other, and they should be grouped iwith help ...
  • Nov 21, 2021 ... ... are close to each other remember when Jhope was leaving the group Jimin start crying like a kid so yes they are very close to each other.
  • Jan 27, 2014 ... Determine if two names are close to each other ... I'm making a system for my school where we can check if a student is black-listed, at parties ...
  • Nov 2, 2018 ... Two natural numbers are close to each other in proportion to their ratio being close to 1. For example, 4567 and 4487 are closer to each ...
  • Aug 16, 2018 ... I would like to remove all pandas rows where values in two columns are close to each other within a certain pre-defined range.

Alternatives:

  • are near each other
  • are next to each other
  • are beside each other
  • are in close proximity to each other
  • are close together

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