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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Good sentence?

I had to survive off of $200 a month.

  

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A common error in English is to say 'off of' instead of just 'off'. But when the topic is our income, we say eg I had to survive on $200 a month.

  • A common error in English is to say 'off of' instead of just 'off'.
  • But when the topic is our income, we say eg I had to survive on $200 a month.
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A common error in English is to say 'off of' instead of just 'off'.


But when the topic is our income, we say

eg I had to survive on $200 a month.

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Anonymous

I had to survive off of $200 a month.

Please do not double-post.

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