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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

to go off/turn off

Hello,
Is it wrong to say "When the charging is complete, the charger/charging unit will go off"? I think I would say "...the charging unit will turn itself off." Can't appliances/machines/etc go off?

Thank you
  

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"turn/switch itself off" is better English in my view. "go off" is perfectly intelligible though, and no doubt it is used.

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  • "turn/switch itself off" is better English in my view.
  • "go off" is perfectly intelligible though, and no doubt it is used.
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"turn/switch itself off" is better English in my view. "go off" is perfectly intelligible though, and no doubt it is used.
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Do you ever use go on/off in such contexts? Not necessarily this one.
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Gene93Do you ever use go on/off in such contexts? Not necessarily this one.
"go off", yes. I think I would use "come on" more than "go on".
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That's what I meant (come on). I am sorry. Having said that, I take it is not unusual to hear "Mom, what happened? The TV just went off" or "It is okay. It came (back) on". Yes?
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Gene93That's what I meant (come on). I am sorry. Having said that, I take it is not unusual to hear "Mom, what happened? The TV just went off" or "It is okay. It came (back) on". Yes?
Yes.

By the way, one of the reasons I suggested "turn/switch itself off" in the first instance is that your original sentence seems like something from an instruction ma
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Oh...If a neighbour wanted to borrow my cordless drill, I could say that to him, just in case. Sometimes people put the batteries on and forget all about them. It shouldn't be too informal for this context, I reckon.
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