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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

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Could you tell me which one sounds natural among the following sentence?
Thank you.

1. The inside of the cave is dark.
2. The place inside the cave is dark.
  

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"The inside of the cave is dark" is the natural sounding sentence. "place inside" does not add any meaningful information. That form would make sense if you wrote "The rocks inside of the cave are sharp" or "The air inside the cave is musty" Cheers from Canada

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  • "The inside of the cave is dark" is the natural sounding sentence.
  • "place inside" does not add any meaningful information.
  • That form would make sense if you wrote "The rocks inside of the cave are sharp" or "The air inside the cave is musty" Cheers from Canada
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"The inside of the cave is dark" is the natural sounding sentence.

"place inside" does not add any meaningful information. That form would make sense if you wrote "The rocks inside of the cave are sharp" or "The air inside the cave is musty"

Cheers from Canada
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lucas21c1. The inside of the cave is dark.2. The place inside the cave is dark.
When referring to the geometric position of a part with respect to the whole, you don't normally add "place", "location", "area", or any other such synonym.

the inside of the car, the outside of the house, the top of the bus, the bottom of the box, ...

CJ
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