Meaning of "off" and "of"
Hi, I would like to aks what "off" and "of" mean in below sentence.
[Franklin Graham declares, a little too vividly, that the country “has taken a nosedive off of the moral diving board into the cesspool of humanity.]
I know the general idea of that sentence but would like to know exact meaning of those two words.
Thank you in advance.
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Correct grammar here is simply off . ] The standard simple meaning of off applies. ie You are standing on a diving board and then you jump off it.
- Correct grammar here is simply off .
- ] The standard simple meaning of off applies.
- ie You are standing on a diving board and then you jump off it.
- People with good grammar do not usually say off of , although other people often do.
- As it is incorrect here, the word of carries no real meaning.
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Correct grammar here is simply off.
[ Franklin Graham declares, a little too vividly, that the country “has taken a nosedive off the moral diving board into the cesspool of humanity.]
The standard simple meaning of off applies. ie You are standing on a diving board and then you jump off it.
People with good grammar do not usually say off
0fort lee... what "off" and "of" mean inbelowthe sentence below.
It is often futile to determine what every word means in a compound expression such as this one (or "out of" if you prefer).
Nevertheless, if we were to try to do that, we would probably conclude that "off" means "at a position that
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I know that not everyone necessarily agrees with me, but to my ear "off of" sounds absolutely horrible.
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