Look out the window

ROBINDESBOIS · #1 July 25, 2009, 01:33 AM

Look out the window

look out of the window
look through the window

which one is correct or which ones ? I know the first one is correct, but I´ve heard the 3 versions.

**Rusty** · #2 July 25, 2009, 01:50 AM

The first one is correct for AmE. The second one is used in BrE.

The third one can mean the same as the first two, but it is mostly used metaphorically.
Look through the window of the past.
Look through the window of my soul.

ROBINDESBOIS · #3 July 25, 2009, 02:42 AM

Thank you. It was most helpful.

brute · #4 July 25, 2009, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty

The first one is correct for AmE. The second one is used in BrE.

The third one can mean the same as the first two, but it is mostly used metaphorically.
Look through the window of the past.
Look through the window of my soul.

Precicely, although I do sometimes look through real windows in both directions in(to) and out of)

ROBINDESBOIS · #5 July 25, 2009, 08:58 AM

Thank you . It´s awesome how much you know. Are you English Teachers or something?

**Rusty** · #6 July 25, 2009, 09:05 AM

I'm not a teacher, but thanks for the compliment.

laepelba · #7 July 26, 2009, 10:08 AM

Ah, Rusty - but you ARE a teacher. Maybe not by vocation, but definitely by avocation!

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