beside = preposition
side = noun
aside = adverb
Beside, Side, Aside
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I was shocked when I walked into my house to find everything disorganized. I believe someone came in and took some things. I couldn't even move. I just stood in the doorway and called the police. While I waited, I looked around, up and down, from side to side to see what was missing. On one side of the room, the lamps that were beside the sofa were missing. Someone had moved the coffee table aside. I usually kept small change in a dish beside the piano, but it was not there anymore. I had a coat rack that stood next to the closet, but someone knocked it on its side. The window beside the closet, with the curtains pushed aside, was broken.
When the police arrived, I was asked to step aside and let them take care of the rest. They later told me that nothing was taken. The lamps were on the other side of the sofa on the floor, and the dish with spare change was pushed aside.