On / Off , Of / Off

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Hi everybody,  Can you explain the different of  using On / Off  and Of / Off ?   Thank you in advance !

Sweety_pudding · Accepted Answer

hiya, what I know is

On / Off means to turn something on /off,.. alittle bit like open/close

of means belong to..

.i think of and off just looks like earchother..

Science_guru · Answer

Sweety_puddingi think of and off just looks like earchother..

I don't agree with this.

In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off"

"of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List.

"off" is an adjective meaning "not in operation" eg. Turn off the computer. The lights are off.

I found following meaning when it is used as adverb

"From particular thing, place or position" -- they drove off

"No longer on or in contact" eg. clear off the dirt

SG

Sweety_pudding · Answer

well,what i mean,

by "just looks like earchother,"

is the spellings ..of and off ..^ ^

Teacher Eric · Answer

Science_guru
Sweety_pudding
i think of and off just looks like earchother..

I don't agree with this.

In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off"

"of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List.

"off" is an adjective meaning "not in operation" eg. Turn off the computer. The lights are off.

I found following meaning when it is used as adverb

"From particular thing, place or position" -- they drove off

"No longer on or in contact" eg. clear off the dirt

SG

Even the pronunciation is different. Final sound for "off" is "f". For "of" it's "v" when the word comes before a vowel sound, and "uh" or "ah" (as in sorta = sort of) when it comes before a consonant sound. Well, generally in AmE, that is. But if the "uh" or "ah" seems awkward to you, I suggest sticking to the "v". You won't go wrong.

I'm in a bit of a hurry. (v sound)

Here's a list of materials I need.

Davkett · Answer

Maybe 'earchother' looks like 'each other', but it means something really different...

Sweety_pudding · Answer

DavkettMaybe 'earchother' looks like 'each other', but it means something really different...

w h o o p s ,why?is there anything wrong wiv "i think they just looks like eachother?" do u mind to explain it ? thanks

Davkett · Answer

I was making a joke out of the posts, because 'earchother' is not a word; neither is 'eachother'. What you most likely meant to write is 'each other' (two words). So when you wrote, '...they just look like earchother', we can pretty much define 'earchother' any way we want. That is what can happen when a word is mispelled.

As for 'of' looking like 'off'--only if the looker has double vision. Does it, for instance, also look like 'oof'? There are many words in a language that look something like other words in that language. Probably thousand of examples could be shown in English. Therefore, looking something like another word is no excuse for thinking the look-alike words mean the same thing. In fact, there is a whole category of words, known as 'homographs'; these are words that look exactly alike, but mean different things.

Science_guru · Answer

Sweety_pudding
DavkettMaybe 'earchother' looks like 'each other', but it means something really different...
w h o o p s ,why?is there anything wrong wiv "i think they just looks like eachother?" do u mind to explain it ? thanks

I see two differences.

1) I don't know if the word "earchother" exists in english.

2) Assuming a typo in the above word, I think there should be two words "each" and "other" not a single word "eachother"

SG

Sweety_pudding · Answer

yp. . . ok.. each other ^ ^

thx for ur explanation..

Davkett · Answer

Look.  I even misspelled 'mispelled'.  The misspelled word looks something like the correctly spelled word.  One is an actual word with real meaning.  The other is not a word at all.

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