otherwise Remember to get there early otherwise you may not get a seat.
Remember to get there early. Otherwise you may not get a seat. Remember to get there early or you may not get a seat. Unlike or , otherwise is an adverb (NOT a conjunction): ‘I’m glad that you told me about the show being cancelled. Otherwise I’d have travelled all the way to Glasgow for nothing.’ out When we came out the restaurant, it was half past eleven.
When we came out of the restaurant, it was half past eleven. She suddenly stood up and ran out from the room.
She suddenly stood up and ran out of the room. verb of movement + out : ‘I’m afraid Mr Baker has just gone out.’ verb of movement + out of + somewhere (NOT out or out from ) : ‘I’ve just seen Mr Baker going out of the building.’ In informal styles, out is sometimes used instead of out of : ‘I saw someone jump out the window.’ However, careful users consider this to be incorrect. out of date Doctors read these journals so as not to become out of date.
Doctors read these journals so as to keep up to date. Out of date (before a noun out-of-date ) is used in connection with information, ideas, knowledge, technology etc (NOT people ): ‘A significant proportion of what children are studying at school will be out of date within the space of a few years.’ If you always have the latest information about something, you keep up to date (with developments) or
