Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?

Lolala · Thu Apr 13, 2006 0:21 am *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #82 "Prepositons", question 2

Barbara, your boyfriend is waiting for you ......... in the car.

(a) around
(b) outside
(c) above
(d) against

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #82 "Prepositons", answer 2

Barbara, your boyfriend is waiting for you outside in the car.

Correct answer: (b) outside
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in the car?

Lolala

englishmonkey · Thu Apr 13, 2006 0:36 am *In the car*

I think the best way to figure this one out is to do it by deduction. That means try out all the words and eliminate the ones that don't make sense. If you do this, you can see that the only adjective that makes sense is outside.

Mister Micawber · Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:16 am *In the car*

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The speaker and Barbara are inside a house or other building.
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Alan · Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:10 am *In the car*

Hi,

Your question is about in the car. This simply means that they are sitting in the car. Possibly you are thinking of other types of transport like on the bus/on the ship/on the plane. In is used here for smaller methods of transport such as cars/taxis.

Alan
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seanmen · Sun Jun 17, 2007 15:05 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

Hi,

Can I say "waiting for you around in the car" to express the person who is in the car is not far away?
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lost_soul · Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:14 am *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

nope

you can be weither in the car or around the car
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seanmen · Sun Jun 24, 2007 14:47 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

thanks,

btw, i like Butters too. hehe
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Yankee · Sun Jun 24, 2007 17:07 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

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Who or what is "Butters"? Laughing

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In the sentence, someone is speaking to Barbara. Barbara and the speaker are in a house or other building (as MM noted). Barbara's boyfriend is not in the house or building. He is outside the building. He is sitting in his car, probably waiting for Barbara to come out of the house and get in the car with him. Very Happy

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lost_soul · Sun Jun 24, 2007 19:22 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

seanmen · Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:04 am *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

hi guys,

what about "He is waiting for you around, in the car."?
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Yankee · Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:44 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

Yankee · Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:48 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

seanmen · Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:31 am *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

thanks, Yankee/Amy.
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Dr. R. Saroj · Thu Jul 26, 2007 13:44 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

I will see him around in the office.

What is the correcet sense behind this sentence.
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Pamela · Thu Jul 26, 2007 15:39 pm *Waiting outside in the car? Or "around in the car"?*

Hi Dr. R. Saroj

Another way of saying is:
I will (regularly)meet him in the office.

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