Out the window?

[EducatingArti]

I see " out the window" or "out the door" and other similar expressions all the time.

It always feels wrong to me. I feel it should be " out of the window" etc

Am I mistaken?

I agree. I dislike the fact that ‘of’ has been removed.

Well, the expression "gone out the window" is very old and I (a pedant) have often used it myself. It means that a plan or idea is no longer going to happen, usually due to misfortune. Setting that aside though, it isn't incorrect to say "He went out the door" or "she threw it out the window". It's just a more informal way of speaking.

I would say out the window or out the door. My grammar is pretty good even if I say so myself but this seems fine. I am Scottish for context so maybe there are regional variations with this as with so many speech patterns.

Me too, another Scot here.

It's been removed so that it can be put after should, would and could.

We have a local cafe that is always advertising scones "Fresh out the oven"

Brilliant! We really need the laughing emoji! 🤣🤣

So many prepositions seem to be missing in action these days.

Same, for example: yer bum's oot the windae

The of was defenestrated.

Unfortunately it has been added to "off", as in, "I got it off of my mum." (Personally I would use "from" in this context, but that is another discussion...)

Love this! I wondered what had happened to it!

🤣 Of course!

What's needed is a centralised SPAG redistribution centre.
Please return your superfluous 'ofs' to this receptacle so they can be returned to their correct sentences.
Special offer this week - there's a worldwide glut of apostrophes. Please take as many as you like but you are advised to use them with judicious care, otherwise our on-the-ground officers will appropriate them and return them to us.
Two-for-one this week only; semi-colons. See example. Highly recommended!
Next week's special offer will be exclamation marks. It's recommended that these are used singly.
If at all! 😂

Excellent! (Possibly superfluous use of exclamation mark. Not sorry)

Me too. I had a mother who endlessly corrected us with “out OF the window “ !

All these poor "of"s that find themselves in the wrong places. We need to give them orienteering lessons.

One that's been creeping in recently -
Formally instead of formerly

Seen in local funeral notice - "John Smith, formally of Aberdeen....."

Pinching this gem to help ds with his GCSE revision 😆.