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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Taking/heading off
Hi, everyone. Is this sentence correct? What is the difference between taking/heading?
She walked past a group of people smoking before taking/heading off downstairs.
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heading off implies motion in a given direction away from something. taking off implies leaving and suggests that this is done fairly rapidly. Without more context I'd say that you want heading off in your sentence.
- heading off implies motion in a given direction away from something.
- taking off implies leaving and suggests that this is done fairly rapidly.
- Without more context I'd say that you want heading off in your sentence.
- CJ
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heading off implies motion in a given direction away from something.
taking off implies leaving and suggests that this is done fairly rapidly.
Without more context I'd say that you want heading off in your sentence.
CJ
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