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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Out of

0 Hello. 02br
00I'd like to know if it's correct to take the expression 01b00out of02b00 as a single structure with its own meaning or it's just the union of the prepositions 01b00out02b00 and 01b00of02b00. I'll give a couple of examples: 02br
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00A creature out of this world. 02br
00He is out of danger. 02br
00My uncle is out of town. 02br
00His head is out of proportion with his body. 0-
  

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0 In each case, I believe 'out' to be an adverb followed by a prepositional phrase. 02br 02br 00There is another possibility, but I will leave that for those who know more. 0-

  • 0 In each case, I believe 'out' to be an adverb followed by a prepositional phrase.
  • 02br 02br 00There is another possibility, but I will leave that for those who know more.
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0 In each case, I believe 'out' to be an adverb followed by a prepositional phrase. 02br
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00There is another possibility, but I will leave that for those who know more. 0-
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0 Any other point of view? 0-
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0 Hello Latin 02br
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00OED says about 01b00out of02b00; 02br
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01b00out of02b00 prepositional phrase 02br
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00"Out of" is originally and still in writing, two words, namely the adverb "out" followed by the preposition "of" (in its primary sense = from). In analysis "out of" is precisely

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