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Yasu_english Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

I'm confused by "out of state".

He has been called out of state due to a family emergency.

Hello.
Could you show me how to interpret this above sentence?
Is he phoned in outside of the state,
or called into outside of the state from in the state?
What does "out of" mean?
  

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), in case it's not obvious. "out of state" means outside one's home state (or other "default" state apparent from context). He was obliged to leave his home state and travel to another state because of the emergency.

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  • ), in case it's not obvious.
  • "out of state" means outside one's home state (or other "default" state apparent from context).
  • He was obliged to leave his home state and travel to another state because of the emergency.
  • "called" means "summoned" in this case; it does not specifically refer to a phone call (though a phone call may well have been involved).
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"state" probably means a US state (Texas, California, etc.), in case it's not obvious. "out of state" means outside one's home state (or other "default" state apparent from context). He was obliged to leave his home state and travel to another state because of the emergency.

"called" means "summoned" in this case; it does not specifically refer to a phone call (though a phone call may wel
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