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Firemage Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

"subtract x off of y"?

We need to subtract their assets off their total debt to get a clearer picture.


Is this grammatically correct?

  

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firemage "subtract x off of y"? No. "subtract X from Y" And you usually subtract debts (liabilities, actually) from assets, not the other way around.

— CalifJim

  • firemage "subtract x off of y"?
  • No.
  • "subtract X from Y" And you usually subtract debts (liabilities, actually) from assets, not the other way around.
  • We need to subtract their liabilities from their assets to get a clearer picture.
  • CJ
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firemage "subtract x off of y"?

No. "subtract X from Y"

And you usually subtract debts (liabilities, actually) from assets, not the other way around.

We need to subtract their liabilities from their assets to get a clearer picture.

CJ

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