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HifaMo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Jews are off on Saturdays.

Hi,

Is the following use of "be off" correct?

Jews are off on Saturdays.

By which I meant, they don't work on Saturdays.

Thanks.
  

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HifaMo Is the following use of "be off" correct? By which I meant they don't work on Saturdays. Yes.

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HifaMoIs the following use of "be off" correct? By which I meant they don't work on Saturdays.
Yes.
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HifaMoJews are off on Saturdays.
I don't find that natural. I might, in the context of a company in which employees work six days a week, say, "Jews have/take Saturday(s) off and Christians Sunday(s)". I would probably use BE off only of someone who happened not to be at work on a particular day:

A: Could I speak to Mr Postule, please?
B: S
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It’s pretty common in AmE.
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In Canada, I would say that most people (with certain exceptions, such as retail workers) are off work on Saturday, so it sounds odd to say these words about Jews in particular.

You need to clarify that you are speaking about religious practices.

Clive
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