Re^5: poll ideas quest 2015

For to/about, i'm not convinced, but it's a good point nonetheless. For with/to, a quick search found it to be a preference. The same seems to be true for "inside" and "inside of" (which sounds akin to "between" and "in between".) In the case of PERL/Perl, that seems specific to writing.

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Re^6: poll ideas quest 2015 by davies (Monsignor) on May 19, 2015 at 08:16 UTC
The article you link to is written in American, not English (further update coming!), and any nation is entitled to define their language in any way they choose. However, in English, it's Just Plain Wrong. See my reply (Re^6: poll ideas quest 2015) to Soonix for more discussion. Inside can be a noun or a preposition. "He is inside the house" and "he is painting THE inside OF the house" are both correct, but "he is inside of the house", while unpleasantly common, is Just Plain Wrong. Yes, the PERL one is specific to writing, but it does get some people agitated. Regards, John Davies	[reply]
Re^7: poll ideas quest 2015 by chacham (Prior) on May 19, 2015 at 13:06 UTC
"He is inside the house" and "he is painting THE inside OF the house" are both correct, but "he is inside of the house", while unpleasantly common, is Just Plain Wrong. Oh, now i understand. :) That option is going to have to be linked to the explanation, however.	[reply]