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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Totally off very dark

Hi teachers,

"The colors are totally off very dark".

What does this mean when this is a "off" in the sentence?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

Top answer

No idea; the sentence seems misconstructed.

— Mister Micawber

  • No idea; the sentence seems misconstructed.
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No idea; the sentence seems misconstructed.
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Good morning Mister Micawber,

Do native speakers say "totally off"? From an American customer, he said "totally off very dark". So I assumed he was talking about the colors of some fabric.

Thank you.

Tinanam
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The structure does not make sense to me. It could POSSIBLY be ' totally off "very dark" ' (note the quotes within quotes), meaning is is not 'very dark' at all, as perhaps the speaker had been told or promised it would be.

But that is a very limited situation.
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Hi Mister Micawber,

Thanks for the explaination.

Do you mean this speaker thinks the sample fabric is not dark enough? Maybe it should go darker?

Thank you.

Tinanam
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Perhaps. As I said, I do not really understand what is being said; the structure is anomalous.
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Dear Mister Micawber,

Thank you very much for the help

I've heard people say "He is a bit off". Does that mean he's not himself today, normally he's in sound mind?

Regards,

Tinanam
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'He is a bit off'– which is unrelated to your original sentence– means 'he is slightly crazy, somewhat eccentric (permanently)'.
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Hello Mister Micawber,

Thank you for helping me. Have a lovely day.

Regards,

Tinanam
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