0 In the second example 'beside' roughly means 'Discounting' or 'Except'. 02br 02br 00The first example doesn't really make sense - I can't imagine 'beside' being used like that - 'despite' would perhaps be the word you were looking for there? 02br 02br 00A question myself: could someone explain to me when 'besides' is used and when 'beside' is used?
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