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are these sentences correct? #1 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 17:53 pm   are these sentences correct?
 

I'd like to know if these sentences are correct:

Let's look at its inside.
Let's look inside
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are these sentences correct? #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 18:48 pm   are these sentences correct?
 

They are both correct English, but the meaning is not identical. The first sentence has a stronger sense that the thing itself has inner parts, or inner components, as opposed to simply being a container for something else. The second sentence is more common.
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are these sentences correct? #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 21:30 pm   are these sentences correct?
 

Wouldn't be in the first sentence 'insides' instead of 'inside'?
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are these sentences correct? #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 20, 2011 21:58 pm   are these sentences correct?
 

"insides" is also possible. If anything, "insides" has even more of a sense that there are internal workings, such as a mechanical or biological parts.
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