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Beside

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00is it correct? 02br
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00beside the fact i don't like you , i have to work with you. 02br
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00beside the owner,noone else can control this horse. 02br
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00can any one explain me more detail about the beside pls 02br
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00thanks for your help 0-
  

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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?

  • 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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0 In the second example 'beside' roughly means 'Discounting' or 'Except'. 02br
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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
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00A question myself: could someone explain to me when 'besides' is used and when 'beside' is used? 0-
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0 From the article on 01b00beside, besides02b00 in 01i00Webster's Dictionary of English Usage02i00: 02br
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00"01b00Besides02b00 is the easier word to deal with. It has the adverbial action all to itself.... 02br
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00-... lost her social position, job, and husband, and was broke bes
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0 Thank you, that clears things up - so in the first given examples it should really be 'besides', right? 0-
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0 Yes. As a preposition meaning except, other than, or together with, 01b00besides02b00 is more common. 0-

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