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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Outside of<= ?
I saw the blood bank bus parked outside of my company.
All I know about the use of outside is outside plus a noun and not like outside + a preposition + a noun.
Q) Is outside and outside of just the same? but a different part of speech?(preposition and __?)
I saw the blood bank bus parked outside of my company.
I saw the blood bank bus parked outside my company.
All I know about the use of outside is outside plus a noun and not like outside + a preposition + a noun.
Q) Is outside and outside of just the same? but a different part of speech?(preposition and __?)
I saw the blood bank bus parked outside of my company.
I saw the blood bank bus parked outside my company.
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outside of is just another preposition -- a compound preposition. It's a variant of outside . So the "of" is optional.
- outside of is just another preposition -- a compound preposition.
- It's a variant of outside .
- So the "of" is optional.
- com/dictionary/outside%20of CJ
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outside of is just another preposition -- a compound preposition. It's a variant of outside. So the "of" is optional.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20of
CJ
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20of
CJ
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They are both OK. 'Outside of' is usually just considered a phrasal preposition; you can also consider it a 'complex preposition', with 'outside' an adverb. Many consider 'of' unnecessary and the simple 'outside' better style, but there are some cases where 'outside of' is more usual: I dislike fugu; outside of that, Japanese food is delicious.
Here are a couple of other common
Here are a couple of other common
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