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Minhuoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

outside/out of the room.

Is it Ok if I use either outside the room and out of the room in this sentence?

Where did she find the lost pen?

outside the room.

out of the room.

Thanks.
  

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(She found the lost pen) outside the room (She found the pen) out of the room.

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  • (She found the lost pen) outside the room (She found the pen) out of the room.
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(She found the lost pen) outside the room
(She found the pen) out of the room.
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Why do you have to omit "lost" in the second sentence?

Thanks.
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I left it out accidentally.
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so I keep it, which is ok?
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and I keep to my answer: both.
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I think there is a very subtle difference between them.

as a prep, "outside" sometimes could mean "on or to a (particular) place on the outside of sth."

I don't think "out of sth" has quite the same meaning in this regard.

But I'm not sure...
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Hi, Maple.

The correct answer is outside the room but I need the explanation.
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I would say that when speaking of position, outside is the one to be used.

"Out of the" is mainly used with verbs of motion, IMO. I've had this confirmed, as this is what I've got when performing a search with "out of the room":

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Hi Marius,

In most cases 'out' means to opposite of into.
But out can also be used to refer to position.

I am out of the house.
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We're talking about the position of objects found, wrt to a room. At Yahoo:

"found outside the room"
99 hits

"found out of the room"
3 hits

thus I wouldn't consider the 2nd idiomatic. But I would understand it, of course.


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