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Beside me vs Next to me

Both 'beside me' and 'next to me' are correct phrases that can be used interchangeably to indicate someone or something is positioned by your side. They are comparable and have the same meaning, so you can choose either based on personal preference.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 765 views

Beside me

The phrase 'beside me' is correct and commonly used in English to indicate someone or something is positioned by your side.

This phrase is used to describe the location of someone or something in close proximity to you, typically on one side.

Examples:

She sat beside me during the movie.
The book is beside me on the table.

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Beside me, Christina - my wife - is reading a book.
I woke expecting my wife beside me.
Yet, sometimes, even with you sleeping beside me... I feel so alone.
And whoever proves their excellence will earn a place beside me.
I do like having a woman lie beside me.
My son, stand beside me.
Sir, let him sit beside me.
Then it felt as if someone was standing beside me.
Nick, up here beside me.
Come here and sit beside me.
He was just left there right beside me.
Now come and sit beside me.
She sat beside me, this magnificent, beautiful woman.
I would like you to rest beside me, Rooster.
~ Yes, and I need you beside me.
My gun was on the ground beside me.
The cat likes to sleep beside me.
Sit down beside me, darling.
Some of you may or may not recognize the woman standing beside me.
The bomb's here beside me.

Alternatives:

next to me
by my side
alongside me
close to me
adjacent to me

Next to me

The phrase 'next to me' is correct and commonly used in English to indicate someone or something is positioned by your side.

This phrase is used to describe the location of someone or something in close proximity to you, typically on one side.

Examples:

He stood next to me in the line.
The cat slept next to me on the couch.

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Next to me, in bed...
Next to me are a group of elite snipers
ls the sun and it's shining on you Next to me
Next to me sits Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, for many years Prime Minister of Denmark, a country that Hitler's Germany overran and occupied overnight - one of the occupying soldiers being my own father.
He sat next to me and he did this thing.
Grandpa was sitting next to me.
Next to me is my colleague Mr Őry, who tells me that in his country the socialist government is fighting against social benefits.
Next to me there is this young lady, this young girl.
Screaming kid next to me in first class.
Unless the perpetrator's right next to me.
I want my chauffeur right next to me.
Come on, sit next to me.
Pull up that chair and sit down next to me.
The guy sat next to me.
I feel the wall next to me.
There's a bird standing next to me.
My dad comes and sits down next to me.
Ronnie Peterson would probably sitting next to me.
The two doctors sitting next to me thought it was Virginia.
The real Matthew Graham is right here next to me.

Alternatives:

beside me
by my side
alongside me
close to me
adjacent to me

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