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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Out(side) The Front Door

"They were outside the front door."

"The were out the front door."

Are those sentences different?
  

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" They were outside, they never came inside, and now they have departed. " They were inside and they left the building (home) by using the front door. John

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  • " They were outside, they never came inside, and now they have departed.
  • " They were inside and they left the building (home) by using the front door.
  • John
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Hello MeggPhaggSioux

"They were outside the front door." They were outside, they never came inside, and now they have departed.

"The were out the front door." They were inside and they left the building (home) by using the front door.

John
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Woud such distinction apply to:

"I saw them outside the front window."

"I saw them out the front window."

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