[Grammar] I'm going back in/ inside

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Crowned 91

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Hello!

If I am with another person outside a building, but I want to go back into that building, can I say the following sentences?

1) I'm going back in.
2) I'm going back inside.

or should I say: "I'll go back in", "I'll go back inside" to emphasize my sudden decision?

-Do "go back in" and "go back inside" have the same meaning?
 

Rover_KE

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All your sentences are correct and have more or less the same meaning. None of them emphasises a sudden decision.
 

Charlie Bernstein

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Right. And here's a quick note:

Notice that emphasize is American English and emphasise is British English. The British suffix -ise equals the American suffix -ize.

Be consistent about which form of English you're using.
 
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