Copy off somebody
Hello!
Can you please tell me whether I used the right tense in this sentence?
"The teacher told him that he was copying off another student and failed him".
Maybe I should I use the past simple instead?
"The teacher told him that he copied off another student and failed him".
I've got one more question. Which is better: copy off someone or copy off of someone?
Thank you
Top answer
Say '"The teacher told him that he had copied off another student and failed him". 'copy off' is fine everywhere. 'copy off of' is normally only found in AmE.
- Say '"The teacher told him that he had copied off another student and failed him".
- 'copy off' is fine everywhere.
- 'copy off of' is normally only found in AmE.
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Say '"The teacher told him that he had copied off another student and failed him".
'copy off' is fine everywhere. 'copy off of' is normally only found in AmE.
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