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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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off by 1
Is off by one correct? How should you phrase?
All the pages are in order, a few pages might be off by 1 as in 1,2,3,4,5,7,6,8,9,10. One page might be misplaced.
All the pages are in order, a few pages might be off by 1 as in 1,2,3,4,5,7,6,8,9,10. One page might be misplaced.
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"Off by one" is for number. If you say you have ten pages, and you're off by one, you have either nine or eleven. In your example, one page might be out of order.
- "Off by one" is for number.
- If you say you have ten pages, and you're off by one, you have either nine or eleven.
- In your example, one page might be out of order.
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"Off by one" is for number. If you say you have ten pages, and you're off by one, you have either nine or eleven. In your example, one page might be out of order.
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