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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

When do you use "off"?

For example "started off", "finished off", "went off".
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Our reunion started off [began] with an informal cocktail party. Because of so much smoke in the room, the smoke detector went off [sounded] soon after the party started. On a whole, the party went off [happenned] very well.

— Philip

  • Our reunion started off [began] with an informal cocktail party.
  • Because of so much smoke in the room, the smoke detector went off [sounded] soon after the party started.
  • On a whole, the party went off [happenned] very well.
  • We finished off [completed] our meal with a delicious dessert.
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Our reunion started off [began] with an informal cocktail party.
Because of so much smoke in the room, the smoke detector went off [sounded] soon after the party started.
On a whole, the party went off [happenned] very well.
We finished off [completed] our meal with a delicious dessert.
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