Inquiry off of

"off of" is a horrible abomination. There is never any reason to use it. "off" by itself is always sufficient.

Got it. Thank you

In the US, this is sometimes heard, for effect (it adds emphasis and makes the sentence more folksy-sounding):

That bale of hay fell off of a truck.

Note: "off from" is often heard in the US, in a sentence like:

I just got off from work.

So I can also exclude the word 'of' here in the example provided by anon:

That bale of hay fell off of a truck.

Yes. The formal English version would be That bale of hay fell off a truck.

Thank you very much. I will just remember that 'of' should always be excluded when using 'off'.

GPY"off of" is a horrible abomination.

That seems a little extreme considering how often it's used, at least in American English.

GPYThere is never any reason to use it.

Even in this case? Just curious, because it sounds a little, well, "off" to me without "of".

CalifJimThe walling off of great texts, with the exception of those written in English, is not a good development for the literate public, for students, or for our educational system.

I agree that this is fine, and "of" is essential here. This is an unusual kind of "trick answer", not the normal "off of" that I was referring to.

To be honest, I don't understand the statement of 'the walling off of the great texts .....'

If these texts have been 'walled off', they have been made inaccessible to people. This walling off (the walling off of the great texts) is seen as a bad thing.