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Old 19-Mar-2006, 23:26
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Is there a difference between" inside "and "within"?
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Old 20-Mar-2006, 16:11
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Withincarries a sense of a limit, which insidedoesn't. 'Inside the prison' is just a location, but 'wthin the prison' is somehow stronger, with a greater sense of the place and the restrictions to me.
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