Do you use the OUTER keyword when writing left/right JOINs in SQL?

Question

I often see people who write SQL like this:

SELECT * from TableA LEFT OUTER JOIN TableB ON (ID1=I2)

I myself write simply:

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Answer 1

YES

It just make things clearer in my opinion - the clearer and more obvious you state your intent, the better (especially for someone else trying to read and understand your code later on).

But that's just my opinion - it's not technically needed, so you can use it - or leave it.