Does this expression sound weird in spoken English?
I have seen in some old books that the word "without" is used in the sense of "outside". I know it is correct, because it is not a mistake, the author used it several times.
My questions is if I ask something like: "Is she without?", what a native speaker would understand?
Thank you for your answers.
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Answers · 12
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To add a perspective from England, you would sound very weird and would not be understood by most people.
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I would understand you.
I would also assume that you had learned English from an ancient source.
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That phrase has not been used in my lifetime. I would not understand that question.
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"Is she without?",
I would not understand what this means.
Transcribe a section of the book so that we can see it.
dictionary.com has this:
4.
at, on, or to the outside of; outside of:
both within and without the house or the city.
5.
beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within):
whether within or without the law.
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Without something
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