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Aramahosi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Off of = from? and some questions

All KpopWe’ve been teased with the first few tracks, and now Taeyang and YG Entertainment are back to deliver another helping of minute long teasers off of Taeyang’s first full album SOLAR.
1)I thought "off of" had the same meaning of "from" form the context. If I'm right, are there something different between them?
All KpopCheck out his teaser for Just a Feeling below! It’s got a great beat and smooth melody and I must say, I just can’t find a bad track on this album so far! This track in particular got me sayin’ yeah yeah yeah! What do you guys think?
1)I suppose the "just" functions as an intensifier in the sentence. Is that right? If so, how strong is it in comparison with another intensives like quite, very or extremely?

Thanks in advance!

*this text quoted from http://www.allkpop.com/2010/06/taeyangs-teaser-for-just-a-feeling-released
  

Top answer

1-- 'Off of' and 'from' would mean the same in this sentence. 2-- Not an intensifier, but an emphasizer (like really, honestly, simply ).

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- 'Off of' and 'from' would mean the same in this sentence.
  • 2-- Not an intensifier, but an emphasizer (like really, honestly, simply ).
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1-- 'Off of' and 'from' would mean the same in this sentence.
2-- Not an intensifier, but an emphasizer (like really, honestly, simply).
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Thanks very much, Mister Micawber!

I have one more question. Could you tell me the difference between an intensifiers and emphasizer? They seem to be the same for me...
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Actually, they do to me, too, but I presume that intensifiers make the modified word more or less so (hot, very hot, extremely hot) while emphasizers make the utterance more emphatic (unique, really unique).
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