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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Bears feed on/off honey and wild berries.
Bears feed on/off honey and wild berries.
Hi,
Do both of on and off fit in the above? If yes, do they convey the same idea to you? Thanks.
Hi,
Do both of on and off fit in the above? If yes, do they convey the same idea to you? Thanks.
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Yes, but again "off" is more casual/colloquial (to me). It's the sort of thing I might say but probably wouldn't write. Google hits: "feed on honey": 38,700 "feed off honey": 6 I'd expect more hits for "on" than "off", but this huge disparity rather surprises me.
- Yes, but again "off" is more casual/colloquial (to me).
- It's the sort of thing I might say but probably wouldn't write.
- Google hits: "feed on honey": 38,700 "feed off honey": 6 I'd expect more hits for "on" than "off", but this huge disparity rather surprises me.
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Yes, but again "off" is more casual/colloquial (to me). It's the sort of thing I might say but probably wouldn't write.
Google hits:
"feed on honey": 38,700
"feed off honey": 6
I'd expect more hits for "on" than "off", but this huge disparity rather surprises me.
Google hits:
"feed on honey": 38,700
"feed off honey": 6
I'd expect more hits for "on" than "off", but this huge disparity rather surprises me.
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Bears feed on honey and wild berries.
"off honey" is very odd sounding.
"off honey" is very odd sounding.
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RayH"off honey" is very odd sounding.It's interesting you should say that, Ray, and your view more closely matches the Google stats. To me,"feed off" sounds, well, as I say, casual -- even a bit sloppy, if you like -- but it's something that people definitely do say in my part of the world. I wonder if there might be regional differences here.
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