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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

alarm

Why does my alarm go "off" and then I hit snooze and turn it "off"? Shouldn't it go on and I turn it off?
  

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Yes the alarm is turning on, but "go off" is an expression which means to trigger, or activate. For example you could say that "the fireworks went off".

— Anonymous

  • Yes the alarm is turning on, but "go off" is an expression which means to trigger, or activate.
  • For example you could say that "the fireworks went off".
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Yes the alarm is turning on, but "go off" is an expression which means to trigger, or activate. For example you could say that "the fireworks went off".
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Hi,
The alarm "goes off" and then you turn it off. "Goes on" does not sound natural in that context.
Hamid
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I understand and use the expression as is. Are there other examples?
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Thanks. Is "sound natural" a true linguistic justification for this?
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