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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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applied off, or applied of, or even applied to?

1font01b00Discount 01font00applied off02font00 regular price. Offers available online only.02b02font02br
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00I doubt the use of 01b01font00applied off02font02b00 in the top line for I never saw such an idiom before.02br
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00Is it just a typo from 01b00applied of02b00? 02br
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00In any case, may I replace it by 01b00applied to02b00 without changing the original meanings?0-
  

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0Applied off is correct. You shouldn't use applied of in this case because it is a discount being applied to the regular price so that the new price is cheaper. 02br 02br 00You could also use 01i 00applied to02i 00 in this case 01u 00BUT02u 00 you have to add the word 'the'.

— Spectacled-Girl

  • 0Applied off is correct.
  • You shouldn't use applied of in this case because it is a discount being applied to the regular price so that the new price is cheaper.
  • 02br 02br 00You could also use 01i 00applied to02i 00 in this case 01u 00BUT02u 00 you have to add the word 'the'.
  • So, the sentence will be something like this: 01b 00Discount applied to the regular price.
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0Applied off is correct. You shouldn't use applied of in this case because it is a discount being applied to the regular price so that the new price is cheaper. Hence, discount has to be 01i00applied off02i00 in order to have a new, cheaper price.02br
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00You could also use 01i00applied to02i00 in this case 01u00BUT
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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01font01b00Discount 01font00applied off02font00 regular price. Offers available online only.02b02font02br
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00I doubt the use of 01b01font00applied off02fo
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1b01font00Hi Clive and Spectacled-Girl:02font02b02br
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00First, I guess in this case I should trust Clive's words. One reason is that I can not google "apply off" out.02br
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00BTW, Clive,02br
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001) The complete sentence should be: 01font00D01b
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01cite10Osee12cite10I can not google "apply off" out.12br
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10I've found some. They seem OK to me, even though I too would prefer "applied to."02br
00 As you can see in the 2nd, "off of" can be used too. 02br
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0I think I'd be cautious about the above two examples. The first contains "at the time of the sell" which is non-standard English (at least in my variant); and the second doesn't hyphenate mid-ranged, suggesting this text hasn't been proof-read.02br
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00In BrE, I think we'd tend to say a discount is 01i00applied to02i00 an original price or 01i
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10In BrE, I think we'd tend to say a discount is 11i10applied to12i10 an original price or 11i10taken off12i10 an original price.12br
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10Likewise over here.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font005% discount applied 01b00off of02b00 mid ranged fares02font02br
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00There are a lot of people who would throw up their hands in horror at 'off of'. Me, too.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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