This week we are looking at two words which may be confused by learners of English: indoors and indoor.
indoors
Indoors is an adverb. If you go indoors, you go into a building.
It started to rain, so we went indoors.
If something happens indoors, it happens inside a building.
The children were playing indoors.
indoor
Indoor is an adjective used in front of a noun. You use it to describe objects or activities that exist or happen inside a building.
The hotel has an indoor swimming pool.
We’ll think of some indoor games to play if it’s wet.
Find out more in our English Usage article.
This blogpost is based on Collins COBUILD English Usage, written for learners of English. For more examples of English usage points, please visit: https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/english-usage.
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