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Nathan mckane Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Outside

Hi friends !

What is the difference between these two ?

He stood outside the door .

He stood outside of the door .

According to the Longman Dictionary, outside of is used mostly by americans . But the funny thing is that in another book called Common Mistakes that is published by the same institute, the second sentence is considerd wrong !

Thanks very much for your answers .[F]
  

Top answer

Both are fine-- two ways to say the same thing. I am American, but I usually say the first. 'Outside of' probably suffers from prescriptive grammarians in the same way that 'off of' does ('I fell off of my roof').

— Mister Micawber

  • Both are fine-- two ways to say the same thing.
  • I am American, but I usually say the first.
  • 'Outside of' probably suffers from prescriptive grammarians in the same way that 'off of' does ('I fell off of my roof').
  • but there is much that is unnecessary in English yet remains acceptable, at least in the spoken language.
  • When writing, it would appear more formal to write 'outside the door' and 'off the roof'.
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Both are fine-- two ways to say the same thing. I am American, but I usually say the first. 'Outside of' probably suffers from prescriptive grammarians in the same way that 'off of' does ('I fell off of my roof'). Those who don't like the style complain that 'of' is unnecessary...but there is much that is unnecessary in English yet remains acceptable, at least in the spoken language. When wri
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Thanks for your great answer .You realy resolved my doubts .
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