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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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use of ''off'' in '''29 runs off 20 balls'''

0In many contexts 01i00of02i00 also means 01i00from02i00, as in North of East. But I don't understand the meaning of 01i00off02i00 in sentence 01b01i0029 runs 01font00off02font00 20 balls02i02b00. Please help me.0-
  

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1i00Off 02i00means 01i00from, as a result of02i00 here.0-
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0Dear MM,02br
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00My dictionary doesn't explain01i00 01b00off02b02i00 in that way. If 01i01b00off02b02i00 means01i00 01b00from02b02i00 then why can't simply 01b01i00of02i00 02b00be used instead of 01i01
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1i00'From02i00' has different meanings too. 01i00'From'02i00 as a synonym for 01i00'of02i00' in 01i00'North of East02i00' is not the same 01i00'from'02i00 as a synonym for '01i00as a result of02i00' in '01i0029 runs off (of) 20 *****02i00'-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10My dictionary doesn't explain11i10 11b10off12b12i10 in that way. 12br
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10Use a better dictionary, such as one here (but you'll need to pay, $30/year): 02br
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite11i10'From12i10' has different meanings too. 11i10'From'12i10 as a synonym for 11i10'of12i10' in 11i10'North of East12i10' is not the same 11i10'from'12i10 as a synonym for '11i10as a res
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0 01i00off of02i02br
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1b01font00 01i0029 runs off (of) 20 *****02i00'-- as you can see, '01i00of02i00' is an optional omission here, 01u00in addition to02u00 '01i00off02i00'.02br
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01-- 01i00off of = off02i02br
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002-- Much of any language is illogical to some.02br
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003-- 01i00in addition to 'off'02i00 = 01i00besides02i00 '01i00off02i00'0-
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1font00I still couldn't get that why 01b01i00off of = off02i02b00 .02font02br
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01font00Get this bug off of me02font00 = 01font00Get this bug away from me.02font02br
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