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Liton Das Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Slip off

The book slipped off of my hand, and fell on the floor.

The book slipped off from my hand, and fell on the floor.

The book slipped from my hand and fell on the floor.


Please explain the meaning and which one is correct I suppose 1 and 2.

  

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Liton Das The book slipped from my hand and fell on the floor. This one is good. Instead of "from" you could have "out of", and that would be OK too.

  • Liton Das The book slipped from my hand and fell on the floor.
  • This one is good.
  • Instead of "from" you could have "out of", and that would be OK too.
  • In the others you have "off of" and "off from".
  • Those are both wrong.
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Liton DasThe book slipped from my hand and fell on the floor.

This one is good. Instead of "from" you could have "out of", and that would be OK too.

In the others you have "off of" and "off from". Those are both wrong.
Also, in those you have a comma which is not needed.

CJ

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