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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

start off

Hi,

I am just wondering about the meaning of the "start off" in "I started off by reading the first part of the sentence". Isn't "off" in "start off" omissionable?

Thanks in advance.
  

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The word "omissionable" is unknown. To start off means to begin.

— Eimai_Anglos

  • The word "omissionable" is unknown.
  • To start off means to begin.
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The word "omissionable" is unknown.

To start off means to begin.
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I think the off in this kind of use is an adverb of intensity or completion, VC:

I started off by learning the alphabet
I finished off by writing my thesis.
I polished off the last of the Oreos.
I scribbled off some quick notes.
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