out of, outside of

out of, outside of
See inside. As is pointed out in that entry, not all double prepositions are incorrect: one can walk out of a room, stroll up to a house, and go over to a nearby store. However,"looking out of a window," "walking outside of an office," and "falling off of a stairway" are wordy, nonstandard phrases.

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