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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Off

In the game of cricket why do we use 'off' to mean 'from' as in "Sachin scored 200 off 147 balls." or "He hit a six off my bowling" ?
  

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There are some special terminologies in cricket. Off is one of them. "

— Manojdas

  • There are some special terminologies in cricket.
  • Off is one of them.
  • "
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There are some special terminologies in cricket. Off is one of them. Over is another example which means "set of six ***** delivered by a bowler."
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Hi,

It's really just idiomatic.



I'd avoid it in formal writing.



Clive
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