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Jesusengland Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Stolen outside the house / stolen from the outside the house

Hello.

Is there any difference in meaning between these sentences?

- We were at home in bed when our car was stolen from outside the house.
- We were at home in bed when our car was stolen outside the house.

Thanks.
  

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In my view these sentences have the same meanings, though I fancy many people would tend to use the first one. If anything, the first speaks about the car's movement at the time when it was stolen, while the second describes the scene of the crime, but the difference is very subtle.

  • In my view these sentences have the same meanings, though I fancy many people would tend to use the first one.
  • If anything, the first speaks about the car's movement at the time when it was stolen, while the second describes the scene of the crime, but the difference is very subtle.
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In my view these sentences have the same meanings, though I fancy many people would tend to use the first one. If anything, the first speaks about the car's movement at the time when it was stolen, while the second describes the scene of the crime, but the difference is very subtle.
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Jesusengland- We were at home in bed when our car was stolen from outside the house.
- We were at home in bed when our car was stolen outside the house.
Neither sentence feels right. I th
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I would rather say:

"...when our car, which was outside the house, was stolen."
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tarirotariI would rather say:

"...when our car, which was outside the house, was stolen."


That wouldn't work. You would need to have a whole new verb and thus idea to go with the adverbial starting with then, if you make a relative clause.

Both sentences are fine IMO. The version without from is probably more common.

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tarirotariI would rather say:

"...when our car, which was outside the house, was stolen."

That wouldn't work. You would need to have a whole new verb and thus idea to go with the adverbial starting with then, if you make a relative clause.

Both sentences are fine IMO. The version without from is
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Apologies. When I read it, I somehow didn't read 'was missed'
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'was stolen.' I need to go to bed...

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