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Rule "Collocation: in/on the outside"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: in/on the outside
Message: The usual preposition for "outside" is "on", not "in".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • There are white windows in the outside of the house.
    Correction suggestion: on the outside
ID: IN_THE_OUTSIDE [23]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-02 22:33:09 +0100)