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Peter Huang
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 Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 1:14 am Post subject: within & inside |
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Dear Teacher:
I am a university student from Taiwan. I have a question about "within & inside". I look for the dictionary and their meaning are the same. Is the meaning the same? Thanks a lot!
within the city =? inside the city
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:19 am Post subject: |
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When used as a preposition or adverb they are pretty much synonymous.
You can usually replace within, with inside, but not vice-versa. |
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Peter Huang
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Teacher:
Can't I replace inside, with within? Can you give me some example? Thanks a lot!
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:51 am Post subject: |
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When inside is used as a noun e.g. the inside of a box, you cannot replace it with within.
When inside is used as an adjective, e.g. The inside position, you cannot replace it with within. |
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Peter Huang
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| OK! thank a lot! |
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