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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Off fever/from fever

Hello,

I heard this while watching a movie.Someone in the bed lays ill and woman says

he burns off fever

why does she not say " he burns from fever"?

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Top answer

I think that it was rather 'he burns of fever', but neither is particularly natural. The usual is 'he burns with fever'.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think that it was rather 'he burns of fever', but neither is particularly natural.
  • The usual is 'he burns with fever'.
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I think that it was rather 'he burns of fever', but neither is particularly natural. The usual is 'he burns with fever'.
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Hello,
My questios remains same,

Can I say "from fever" instead of "off fever" ? I generally see this usage and hesitate to use exchangably.
I just want to know the trick in the usage ? why should I use off and not use from in this sample

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My answer remains the same. Please read it.
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Hello,
I donot get it sorry.
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OK, I'll make it simple: you cannot use 'off', you could use 'from', and you should 'with'.
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Hello,
Thanks.I watched a movie on BBC1 with subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120824/
As I said "off fever" is used.
is it a kind of british/american english difference? By the way it's an american movie I suppose.
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If it is spoken, you misheard it; if it is written in the subtitles, then the translator made a mistake.
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