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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Run off electricity

Hi teachers,

Please look at this: http://goo.gl/kHAi2.
From River Runs, written by Cheryl Simpson (http://goo.gl/8N0AL)

Does "run off electricity" mean the same thing as "run on electricity"? Is "run on electricity" more commonly used?
  

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HUBLOT Does "run off electricity" mean the same thing as "run on electricity"? Yes. HUBLOT Is "run on electricity" more commonly used?

— Mister Micawber

  • HUBLOT Does "run off electricity" mean the same thing as "run on electricity"?
  • Yes.
  • HUBLOT Is "run on electricity" more commonly used?
  • " Both produce so many hits that all we can say is that they are both common.
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HUBLOTDoes "run off electricity" mean the same thing as "run on electricity"?
Yes.
HUBLOTIs "run on electricity" more commonly used?
I don't think so, but Ms Google says,

"'Run on electricity', about 2,260,000 results; 'Run off electricity', about 1,690,000 results."

Both produce so many hits that a
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