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Beside vs. Besides
Beside
/bɪˈsaɪd/Examples:
He hurried her into the carriage and sat down beside her.Caroline was sitting beside the wreck of tea things.After that she dressed me and laid me in beside them.
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Besides
/bɪˈsaɪdz/Examples:
Wot is it, besides fish, as they sometimes ketches in rivers?Besides—" The door opened and Helen Lawson swept in.Anything else we can do for him, besides giving her up?
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Beside means next to or at the side of something or someone.
- Besides means in addition to or apart from something.
- Think of beside as a spatial preposition and besides as an adverb of inclusion or exception.
- You can replace beside with next to to check its correctness in a sentence.
- Use besides when you mean also or moreover and check if adding information complements the sentence.
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