not nearly as dan nowhere near
S + be + not nearly as + Adj + as + O · S + be + nowhere near + AdjMenekankan bahwa selisihnya sangat besar, bukan sekadar kurang sedikit. not nearly as ... as artinya jauh di bawah. nowhere near bisa dipakai dengan kata sifat maupun frasa nomina. not quite as ... as justru sebaliknya: hanya kurang sedikit. Jebakan yang sering terjadi: not nearly berbeda dengan not quite: not nearly as good berarti jauh lebih buruk, not quite as good berarti hanya sedikit kurang baik.
This is not nearly as hard as I expected.
Ini jauh lebih mudah daripada yang kukira.
The film was nowhere near as good as the book.
Filmnya jauh kalah bagus dibanding bukunya.
We are nowhere near ready.
Kami masih jauh dari siap.
It is not quite as cold as yesterday.
Hari ini tidak sedingin kemarin, tapi hanya selisih sedikit.



















