HI821{"id":832,"date":"2021-10-14T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trinka.ai\/blog\/?p=832"},"modified":"2024-06-28T07:17:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T07:17:20","slug":"beside-vs-besides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinka.ai\/blog\/beside-vs-besides\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between beside and besides?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Beside vs Besides<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Beside<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a <mark class=\"bs-highlight bs-highlight-default\">preposition that means &#8216;next to&#8217; or &#8216;at the side of.&#8217;<\/mark> It is typically used to refer to a location.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Besides<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is also a preposition. It <mark class=\"bs-highlight bs-highlight-default\">means &#8216;other than,&#8217; &#8216;in addition to,&#8217; or &#8216;along with&#8217; someone or something<\/mark>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>English is an intriguing language; a slight modification in a word&#8217;s spelling changes its meaning completely! Take the word\u00a0<em>beside<\/em>, for instance. Adding &#8220;s&#8221; makes it\u00a0<em>besides<\/em>, which is totally different from\u00a0<em>beside<\/em>\u00a0in meaning and usage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does\u00a0<em>beside<\/em>\u00a0mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Beside<\/em>\u00a0is a preposition that means &#8216;next to&#8217; or &#8216;at the side of.&#8217; It is typically used to refer to a location. For instance,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The books are kept beside the bag.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tom always sat beside Harry.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What does\u00a0<em>besides<\/em>\u00a0mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Besides<\/em>\u00a0is also a preposition. It means &#8216;other than,&#8217; &#8216;in addition to,&#8217; or &#8216;along with&#8217; someone or something. For instance,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>My sister plays the guitar professionally besides practicing medicine.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Besides Sam, who else wants to dance?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are two examples of how to use <em>beside <\/em>and<em> besides <\/em>correctly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinka.ai\/\">academic and technical writing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Example 1:<\/p>\n<p>Incorrect<em>: Beside testing the reaction of ketones, we tested the reaction of aldehyde.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Correct<em>: Besides testing the reaction of ketones, we tested the reaction of aldehyde.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both the reaction of ketones and the reaction of aldehyde were tested. So <em>besides<\/em> (in addition to) is the correct preposition to use here.<\/p>\n<p>Example 2:<\/p>\n<p><em>Incorrect: We carefully placed the tubes with reactive components besides the burner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Correct: We carefully placed the tubes with reactive components beside the burner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The tubes have been placed in a specific location, i.e., next to the burner. So the preposition <em>beside<\/em> (at the side of) is the correct preposition choice.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know the difference between\u00a0<em>beside\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>besides<\/em>, we are sure you will ace your writing by confidently choosing the right word and being contextually correct\u2014always!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beside vs Besides &#8211; Beside\u00a0is a preposition that means &#8216;next to&#8217; or &#8216;at the side of.&#8217; It is typically used to refer to a location. Besides\u00a0is also a preposition. 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