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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
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get off the taxi and off the bus

1. They got off the taxi and off the bus.

Q) Do you think omitting "off" is more natural or it is an obligatory eliment?
  

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I would omit the second "off" unless there was a reason not to, like rhythm or atmosphere. That answer ignores the problem that we don't get off a taxi unless we are on the outside of it. We get out of a taxi.

— Enoon

  • I would omit the second "off" unless there was a reason not to, like rhythm or atmosphere.
  • That answer ignores the problem that we don't get off a taxi unless we are on the outside of it.
  • We get out of a taxi.
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I would omit the second "off" unless there was a reason not to, like rhythm or atmosphere.

That answer ignores the problem that we don't get off a taxi unless we are on the outside of it. We get out of a taxi.
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These sound far more plausible to me. These people are simply switching modes of transportation.

They got out of the taxi and onto the bus.
They got off of the bus and into the taxi.

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.They got off of the bus ...
Oh.. can we say "... off of?"
What's the difference between "got off the bus" and "got off of the bus?"
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moon7296Oh.. can we say "... off of?"What's the difference between "got off the bus" and "got off of the bus?"
"Off of the bus" is not good formal English. People use that "of" all the time, but that is no reason for us to. It's the same bad "of" you see in "He looked out of the window." It sounds stupid to many of us (me, for one, in case you hadn't guessed).
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enoonpeople who like it are too stupid . . .
Now, now, there's no need to be nasty! I would usually say "get off the bus" and "look out the window," but "off of the bus" and "out of the window" certainly don't bother me or suggest to me that the speaker is stupid. (I certainly wouldn't put them in the same category as "Him and me are going to the show" or "N
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