Soal Beside vs. Besides
Pengertian Beside dan Besides
Beside merupakan preposition (kata depan) yang bermakna “at the side of (somebody or something)” (di samping seseorang atau sesuatu), sementara besides berfungsi sebagai preposition atau adverb dengan makna “in addition to (somebody or something)” (selain seseorang atau sesuatu) atau “also” (juga).
Contoh Kalimat Beside dan Besides
| beside | I have a bookshelf beside my desk. (Saya mempunyai sebuah rak buku di samping meja tulis.) |
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| Who sat beside you at the counter? (Siapa yang duduk di sampingmu di konter tersebut?) |
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| besides (preposition) | She had no friend besides them. (Dia tidak punya teman selain mereka.) |
| What are some fun things to do on a hot summer day besides swimming and sunbathing? (Apa beberapa hal yang menyenangkan untuk dilakukan pada hari musim panas selain berenang dan berjemur?) |
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| besides (adverb) |
Besides working as a journalist, he also writes children’s books. (Selain bekerja sebagai seorang jurnalis, dia juga menulis buku-buka anak-anak.) |
| My smartphone doesn’t fast charge anymore, and besides, it sometimes restarts itself when receiving a text message. (Telepon pintar saya tidak mengisi baterai dengan cepat lagi, selain itu kadang-kadang menghidupkan ulang diri sendiri ketika menerima pesan teks.) |
Soal Beside vs. Besides
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References:
- Beside or besides?http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/beside-or-besides. Accessed on November 7, 2016.
- Beside. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/beside. Accessed on November 8, 2016.
- Besides. http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/besides_1. Accessed on November 8, 2016.
- The difference between “beside” and “besides”. http://learnersdictionary.com/qa/difference-between-beside-and-besides-preposition-adverb. Accessed on November 8, 2016.
- Besides. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/essential-british-english/besides_2. Accessed on November 8, 2016.