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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

penalize off

Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade.

Q) Can I omit "off" or can I replace "off" with "of"?
  

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Hi, Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade. Q) Can I omit "off" No or can I replace "off" with "of"? You could, and the meaning would still be clear.

— Clive

  • Hi, Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade.
  • Q) Can I omit "off" No or can I replace "off" with "of"?
  • You could, and the meaning would still be clear.
  • I find this sentence a little awkward-sounding.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade.

Q) Can I omit "off" No

or can I replace "off" with "of"? You could, and the meaning would still be clear.

I find this sentence a little awkward-soundin
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Thank you Clive.

I should have asked a question like "if 'off' can be replaced with 'of,' does the meaning change?".

I found the that line from the movie "Dead poets society".
That sounds weird because the movie was filmed about 25 years ago?
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Hi,
Good movie.

Why would 25 years make it sound weird?

Clive
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Actually, you can even use "on" instead of "off".

(for someone) to be penalized one point on a grade/score.
to penalize (someone) one point on a grade/score.

CJ
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