Word order in a sentence
What to avoid:
1. Never place anything between a verb and its object.
- I sent
yesterday all the documents. (Here all the documents is the object of the verb sent)
2. Always put place expressions before time expressions.
Instead of writing
- We went after the lecture to the coffee-shop.
write
- We went to the coffee-shop after the lecture.
In the above sentence coffee shop is the place expression and after the lecture is the time expression.
Beside (without the s) is a preposition that means next to, along side of, at the side of
- "The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit" ~ Saint Teresa
- The little girl was sitting beside her mother.
- A man should stand beside his woman.
- Who is the big girl sitting beside Anne?
Besides (with the s) can act as a preposition or a conjunctive adverb.
Besides means moreover, in addition, also, as well, in any case when it acts as a conjunctive adverb.
- Besides chocolate, you will also need a second flavoring in the ice-cream.
- I don't like those earrings; besides, they're t costly.
- I'm to exhausted to type the report tonight; besides, it's not due until next week.
- He is naive, immature and irritable; besides, he is too young for you.
Besides means except when it acts as a preposition.
- No one besides her mother knew her secret.
- No one besides the trainer could control the dog.
- Nobody besides Sam can deal with her
- No one besides Sam would use such an offending tone.
Idioms:
Beside oneself: very surprised; greatly agitated; in a state of extreme, uncontrolled emotion
- He was beside himself with anger.
Beside the point: not relevant or important
- Your idea is beside the point.
