are these sentence correct?

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scott833

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1) We can exit by this exit.
2) Can we go out by this door?
 

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1) We can exit by this exit.
2) Can we go out by this door?

They're correct but both sound messy. In the first, repeating the word exit sounds strange. I would say:

1) Can we leave by this exit?
OR
Can we exit this way?

2) Can we leave via this door?
Can we leave by this door?
Can we leave this way?
 
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