<p><code>出商店去了</code> is fine with proper context.</p>
<p>Other answers have pointed out that <code>出去</code> is an inseparable verb. I don't think it's the case. Instead, you use <code>出</code> as a single verb and use <code>去了</code> as a complementary. This matches the <code>Verb Phrase + 去了</code> structure, as in <code>钓鱼去了</code>, <code>吃午餐去了</code>.</p>
<p>However, when there is <code>出</code> in the verb phrase, people usually expect the <code>出 + Optional Place + VP + 去了</code> structure, as in <code>出钓鱼去了</code>, <code>出公司吃午餐去了</code>. <code>出商店去了</code> would sound a bit incomplete in such context.</p>
<p>But then again, we have <code>出差去了</code>, <code>出国去了</code>, <code>出门去了</code> etc. <code>出差</code>, <code>出国</code>, and <code>出门</code> are established verbs, so these phrases fit the <code>VP + 去了</code> category. <code>出国</code> and <code>出商店</code> are too similar in structure, though the latter is not an established word, it is still natural if we mentally consider it it as <code>VP + 去了</code>.</p>
<p>I would imagine the following dialog:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Woman: Have you seen my husband? He wears a green hat. 看见我老公了吗？他戴一顶绿色的帽子。</p>
<p>Girl: Yes, but he just went out of the store. 看见了，不过他刚刚出商店去了。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Not ungrammatical to my taste.</p>

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Wang Dingwei
<p>This is a sentence structure that is commonly seen nowadays.  For example:<br>
他买苹果去了<br>
他到美国去了  </p>

<p>It means that (he) performed (some action) and he's gone doing it.</p>

<p>In this case, he gets out of the shop and he's gone doing it.
他出商店去了</p>

<p>I think the catch here is to determine if the question is asking if <code>出去</code> can be used separately (which we can't), or if it's just a sentence structure where <code>出</code> is the action (exiting).</p>

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<ul>
<li>他出商店去了。</li>
<li>他从商店出去了。 </li>
</ul>

<p>Why is only the second sentence right? I knew that when we use a directional complement, we could put the object in the middle between the two verbs. So why do I have to use 从 in this sentence to make it grammatically correct?</p>

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Why is 他从商店出去了 correct but 他出商店去了 incorrect?
# Why is 他从商店出去了 correct but 他出商店去了 incorrect?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-17)

* 他出商店去了。
* 他从商店出去了。

Why is only the second sentence right? I knew that when we use a directional complement, we could put the object in the middle between the two verbs. So why do I have to use 从 in this sentence to make it grammatically correct?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-18. Score: 1

`出商店去了` is fine with proper context.

Other answers have pointed out that `出去` is an inseparable verb. I don't think it's the case. Instead, you use `出` as a single verb and use `去了` as a complementary. This matches the `Verb Phrase + 去了` structure, as in `钓鱼去了`, `吃午餐去了`.

However, when there is `出` in the verb phrase, people usually expect the `出 + Optional Place + VP + 去了` structure, as in `出钓鱼去了`, `出公司吃午餐去了`. `出商店去了` would sound a bit incomplete in such context.

But then again, we have `出差去了`, `出国去了`, `出门去了` etc. `出差`, `出国`, and `出门` are established verbs, so these phrases fit the `VP + 去了` category. `出国` and `出商店` are too similar in structure, though the latter is not an established word, it is still natural if we mentally consider it it as `VP + 去了`.

I would imagine the following dialog:

> Woman: Have you seen my husband? He wears a green hat. 看见我老公了吗？他戴一顶绿色的帽子。
>
> Girl: Yes, but he just went out of the store. 看见了，不过他刚刚出商店去了。

Not ungrammatical to my taste.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-12-17. Score: 0

This is a sentence structure that is commonly seen nowadays. For example:  
他买苹果去了  
他到美国去了

It means that (he) performed (some action) and he's gone doing it.

In this case, he gets out of the shop and he's gone doing it.
他出商店去了

I think the catch here is to determine if the question is asking if `出去` can be used separately (which we can't), or if it's just a sentence structure where `出` is the action (exiting).


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