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Ahava_yin Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

The bathroom off the kitchen

Hi,

Need your help again. Would you please tell me what "off" here means? Is the bathroom next to the kitchen or opposite to the kitchen? Thank you!
  

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It means that the bathroom can only be reached by going through the kitchen.

  • It means that the bathroom can only be reached by going through the kitchen.
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It means that the bathroom can only be reached by going through the kitchen.
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I don't understand. Why is that so? Will people be happy to have bathroom attached to the kitchen? Thank you!
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Hi,

The the bathroom off the kitchen is the bathroom that is attached to or connected to or beside the kitchen.

You might have a hallway the joins the kitchen and bathroom. My spilled some wine on my shirt. Where can I wash my shirt? You can use the bathroom off the kitchen over there.

MountainHiker
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Thank you MountainHiker.
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ahava yin,

My pleasure.

MountainHiker
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No I disagree. That would be the bathroom 'next to' the kitchen, not off it.

A lot of old terraced houses in England were built without a bathroom (normal for Victorian times) so they have to have a bathroom added for modern use. The downstairs normally has a living room at the front and a kitchen at the rear (and two bedrooms upstairs, house type known as a two-up,two-down!)so the e
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Guest,

Merriam Webster

Main Entry: off
Function: preposition
1 a -- used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union off the table> off the main walk> off the main street> b : to seaward of off shore>

MountainHiker
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0Does the building code allow bathrooms next to a kitchen in residential applications0-
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0Anon, are you asking this question about the original post or do you have a grammatical question about it?0-
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next to the kitchen

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