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Strazdins Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Is it correct to use words "off of" together?
I'm curious to find out if it is grammatically correct to use words off of together, for exemple: " He got scared and fell off of the aircraft." I'm sure Americans use it, but does the British people use it? Thank you.
-strazdins
-strazdins
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I can't speak for the British people, of course, but "off of" is a collocation I know is used
- I can't speak for the British people, of course, but "off of" is a collocation I know is used
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I can't speak for the British people, of course, but "off of" is a collocation I know is used
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off of is much inferior to off without the preposition.
Garner, Modern American Usage
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off of is much inferior to off without the preposition.
Garner, Modern American Usage
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Hi,
It's certainly said by some people, but I consider it a sign of careless speech and possibly of a poor education.
If you are sitting in an important job interview for a good job, I'd certainly recommend you avoid it.
Best wishes, Clive
It's certainly said by some people, but I consider it a sign of careless speech and possibly of a poor education.
If you are sitting in an important job interview for a good job, I'd certainly recommend you avoid it.
Best wishes, Clive
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StrazdinsI'm sure Americans use it, but does the British people use it?
Yes, it's quite common in BrE. But some people do dislike it, and it's often regarded as non-standard; so (as Clive says) it's probably best to avoid it in certain situations.
For myself, I have always felt a slight difference between e.g.
1. The ball flew off of the bat.
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It's unfortunate that off of is so maligned because it would make everything so symmetrical. I think that's the impetus for its use. Note how all but one of these is a a pair with the same number of syllables.
into / out of
in front of / in back of
inside of / outside of
up / down
onto / off
CJ
into / out of
in front of / in back of
inside of / outside of
up / down
onto / off
CJ
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the opposite to 'in front of' is 'behind'
we do not say 'inside of', we just say 'inside'
but we do say 'out of the window' (not 'out the window')
we do not say 'inside of', we just say 'inside'
but we do say 'out of the window' (not 'out the window')
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Yes it is correct, though it is also correct to drop the of.
i.e both
It fell off of the lorry
It fell off the lorry
could be used to explain where the stolen goods came from.
The second could however be interpreted as a part of the lorry fell off, where the first is more correct if it is something the lorry was carrying.
i.e both
It fell off of the lorry
It fell off the lorry
could be used to explain where the stolen goods came from.
The second could however be interpreted as a part of the lorry fell off, where the first is more correct if it is something the lorry was carrying.
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I am from England and I recall my English teacher being very emphatic that the use of "off of" was not acceptable. For instance, if we look at the sentence "Take that book off the table." You can take a book off the table which means you remove it from the table, however if we look at the sentence "he is the son of his father", here the use of "of' is usually used to separate two nouns indicati
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Out of the window is just as incorrect as off of! We do in fact say out the window.
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