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Just knocked off a few lines in an effort to show the difference between "out front of" and "in front of" since quite a few people here seem to be unaware of it:

winterstorm(打酱油的)

The following examples are all grammatically correct and commonly used. Have a read of them and draw the conclusion by yourselves. It should be quite self-explanatory:

---The situation where both "in front of" and "out front of" can be used:

"A person is standing in front of the store (or house, building,etc)" is the same as "A person is standing out front of the store (house, building ,etc)"

---The situation where only "in front of" can be used:

1. One more word needs to be added IN front of the sentence.
2. A person is standing IN front of the group (crowd)

---The situation where "out front" is used:

Where is John? He is (standing) out front.

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工作学习 / 外语学习 / Just knocked off a few lines in an effort to show the difference between "out front of" and "in front of" since quite a few people here seem to be unaware of it: -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 {699} (#7956122@0)
The following examples are all grammatically correct and commonly used. Have a read of them and draw the conclusion by yourselves. It should be quite self-explanatory:

---The situation where both "in front of" and "out front of" can be used:

"A person is standing in front of the store (or house, building,etc)" is the same as "A person is standing out front of the store (house, building ,etc)"

---The situation where only "in front of" can be used:

1. One more word needs to be added IN front of the sentence.
2. A person is standing IN front of the group (crowd)

---The situation where "out front" is used:

Where is John? He is (standing) out front.

钦佩酱油哥的执着。不过真是没有见过 out front of。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2012-12-15 (#7956128@0)

要“大量接触英文才行” ：）。out front of 其实很常见。看链接 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956129@0)

俺接触的英文已经是相当大量了。一个词，你见过，别人没见过，没有什么大不了。都是刺哥跟你较劲，想逼你上音频，你不要放在心上。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2012-12-15 (#7956131@0)

英文这种编码式的语言，词汇上百万，谁都会有不认识的词。但那些还没搞清楚事实就开始装懂并且攻击别人的确实很可笑。bang off 风波就是一个例子。这次本人用了knock off，希望别再有人大惊小怪。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956135@0)

要再大惊小怪你能咋滴？ -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 {12} (#7956140@0)
我跑。。。。

那本人就再接着笑吧，反正也过节了，增加点气氛。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956142@0)

对啊，看起来对你木啥坏处呢 -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 (#7956146@0)

是啊，那个被你改掉的字吓了我一跳。你要是广东人那本人真得逃跑了。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956156@0)

啊，打错字成粗口了，真的啊！ -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 (#7956176@0)

Bang off has special meanings but not usually the one you proposed. Knock off has different meanings but yours is probably the least frequently suggested in North America.
-thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956154@0)

不好意思，这些都是本人环境里很常用的。我的同事们写文章时用词都很正规专业，但说话时就不同了，不仅语速快，又多俚语，你要是不习惯这类俚语，真很难想象你在纯英文环境里如何交流。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956167@0)

老猫和我的同事老板都不用这类词, 他们有哈佛高材生也有沃顿top5. 从来没见谁的伊美儿或报告里用这种词, 说话用垃圾鲤鱼的极少. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956172@0)

那是因为你没和他们广泛深入地聊天，只谈工作，当然不会有太多俗语。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956177@0)

沃, 你比我还了解我的同事和老板. 语言像人群一样, 是有阶层和环境之分的. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956178@0)

老刺这种人，你越理他，他越来劲。你不理他，他肯定就灰溜溜的。继续写你的文章，不要理老刺。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2012-12-15 (#7956229@0)

真心喜欢他没走. 他要是再谦和一点儿, 我会更喜欢. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956230@0)

你们千万别停，接着来，闲着也是闲着 -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 (#7956232@0)

奏事为着泰妹才酱紫的. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956237@0)

完了，黑锅我一下子就背上了 -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 (#7956238@0)

我忘说了, 酱油哥这篇小短文写得言简意赅, 立论说明都不错. 尽管如此, 他还是说服不了你, 因为你没见过 'out front'. 如果是我就不用 'knocked off', 仅此而已. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2012-12-15 (#7956248@0)

酱油哥是应该放下一点架子，你也不要穷追猛打。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2012-12-15 (#7956267@0)

看出来了，你俩说相声呢 -tyra(Zara); 2012-12-15 (#7956273@0)

Thorn, you have a great sense! Don’t use “knock off” that way. When you have some time, write something seriously. Language is a tool to make yourself understood, not to make people confused. :) -nothanks(ciel); 2012-12-15 (#7956342@0)
本人相信词汇没什么贵贱，学语言应当全面深入掌握各个层面的词汇。对俗语你可以选择不用，但不应选择忽略不学。感谢你的中肯评论，这很不多见。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2012-12-15 (#7956420@0)

酱油的人品可见一斑。 -huanhuan4(huanhuan); 2012-12-16 (#7956816@0)

学习中ing... -redjunk(rolia); 2012-12-15 (#7956185@0)
大侠这个"out front of" and "in front of"好像值得琢磨。其实Out IN front of 和 in front of 是一回事，只是侧重于陈述者的位置。例如，我在马路对面，就说：John is in front of the store. 我在店里，John is out front (or out in front of the store)。 -woodypeony(captain); 2012-12-16 {64} (#7957236@0)
声明：我英语不如坛子里的大多数高手，一己之见。大家就那么一听吧。

@USA

Just knocked off a few lines in an effort to show the difference between "out front of" and "in front of" since quite a few people here seem to be unaware of it:

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