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What is the difference between What is inside of X and What is inside X ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between What is inside of X and What is inside X ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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26 Nov 2014
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- English (US)
"Of" sounds more formal or polite. I usually say without "of".
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- English (US)
"What's inside the box" and "what's inside of the box" mean the same thing. I cannot think of an example where they mean different.
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- English (US)
"Of" sounds more formal or polite. I usually say without "of".
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I see. So I guess "of" for writing and no "of" for saying may be a fine way to use them.

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