walk around in
I thought a noun or a noun phrase comes after a preposition like 'go around the street' or 'walk around the park' and I just accidentally read this 'It walks around in the house at night.'
Is there any difference between 'walk around' and 'walk around in'?

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Kevin's take on this seems right to me -- the "around" belongs to the verb. And the "in" belongs rather to the noun as a true preposition.

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Consider "to walk around" as a verb phrase meaning "to walk without a destination"

In this case, "around" is part of the verb and not a preposition.

If there's no preposition, then "around" can be part of the verb and a preposition at the same time

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