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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Some things I need to get cleared up.

0 1) What's the difference between GET OUT OF/GET OFF ? 02br
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00Like in: I go out of the car/house. Could I use 'get off' as well? 02br
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002) Are they both ok?: I helped him do the homework/ I helped him TO do the homework. 02br
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003) After consulting the dictionary, I've found thet THEREBY and THEREFORE mean the same, but I guess there must be some difference in terms of register or place in the sentence where they are placed. Or maybe I'm wrong? 0-
  

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0 My point of view is - maybe you mean go out of and get off or I don't understand you very well but - get off means that somebody else tell you to leave the place or to leave him alone get out of means that it is not necessary to leave the house if you don't want and nobody tells you to leave the house. 02br 00In the second sentence I suppose that the second is correct but I am not sure 02br 00As far as I am concerned thereby and therefore 02br 00thereby translated form my dictionary in this way therefore - because of that ! 0-

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  • 0 My point of view is - maybe you mean go out of and get off or I don't understand you very well but - get off means that somebody else tell you to leave the place or to leave him alone get out of means that it is not necessary to leave the house if you don't want and nobody tells you to leave the house.
  • 02br 00In the second sentence I suppose that the second is correct but I am not sure 02br 00As far as I am concerned thereby and therefore 02br 00thereby translated form my dictionary in this way therefore - because of that !
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0 My point of view is - maybe you mean go out of and get off or I don't understand you very well but - get off means that somebody else tell you to leave the place or to leave him alone get out of means that it is not necessary to leave the house if you don't want and nobody tells you to leave the house. 02br
00In the second sentence I suppose that the second is correct but I am not
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0 I think "get off" is mostly used when talking about means of transport: we get off a car, a bus, an plane... 02br
00When exiting a place, it's usually "get/go out of" 0-
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0 Dear EyeSeeYou, 02br
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00I get off the bus. 02br
00I get off the train. 02br
00I get off the plane. 02br
00I get out of the car. 02br
00I go out of the house. 02br
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00Best wishes, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0 1) In their most literal uses, "get out of" means to exit -- or cause to exit -- from an interior space, and "get off (of)" means to leave -- or remove from -- a surface. 02br
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00So you get out of a car or out of a house, or get something or someone out of a car or house. These are interiors, enclosures, or containers. Opposite of "get in(to)". 02br
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0 I totally agree with what CalifJim suggests for 2) and 3). 02br
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00The 'to' is optional with the verb 'help', and 'therefore' is different from 'thereby'. 0-
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0 QUOTE: Get off (of) 02br
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00Is "off of" ever correct? I've noticed its use in the USA and in certain English dialects but it's generally not accepted English (British) usage. 0-
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0 I think it's considered incorrect in British English, but it's OK in the U.S. 02br
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00And yet -- weren't the Rolling Stones British? Old song: "Get Off 01b00of02b00My Cloud!" 05002br
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00CJ 010id5
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0 I think they spent too long in America on drugs! 0-
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