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- Off Vs Off to - WordReference Forums
In general "off" is the opposite of "on" Nobody would say "I am on Scotland tomorrow " Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase "off to Scotland" uses be off, not off to The to is part of to Scotland This is meaning 34 of "off" in the WordReference dictionary: 34 starting on one's way; leaving [be + off] I'm off to Europe on Monday
- Work off of - WordReference Forums
KLEOPFER: You know, it's a tough question because there's such few examples to work off of But the latest I've heard from the individual who's caring for the animal is that he did get it to successfully feed over the weekend, and it appears to be doing fine Thank you
- duck-off - WordReference Forums
Hi seeeker, duck-off is a humorous use of the suffix -off See this definition from the WR dictionary:-off, suffix -off is used to form nouns that name or refer to a competition or contest, esp between finalists or to break a tie:cook + -off → cookoff (= a cooking contest);runoff (= a deciding final contest)
- dispose of dispose off - WordReference Forums
"The company wants to dispose off the equipment " Is this sentence correct Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off But when I searched I could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used Please help
- the day of vs on the day of - WordReference Forums
You must give 'of' an object because it is a preposition Technically, you can say "He called off the meeting on the day of the meeting" but we prefer not to repeat words in a sentence You should say: "On the day of the meeting, he called it off" The meeting is the object of the preposition 'of', and it is the object of the verb 'call off'
- Perch skin - on or off? - Ohio Game Fishing
well seems to me the fillet holds up better especially during pan frying with the skin on i think the skin adds something to the taste maybe its just me but i prefer my perch to have the skin on but i also pay to have em cleaned a dollar a pound and it takes them way less time then it would take me i also prefer the fish houses that use that conveyor type scaler over the tumblers its much
- ATT, ATTN, FAO . . . - abbreviations for attention in correspondence
When writing english business letters, which is the corrct abbreviation of "attention" I reckon it must be either "att" or "atn" I've always used "att", but fear that it might be a calque introduced from danish Thank you
- Im off next week vs Ill be off next week | WordReference Forums
Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won't be in next week" In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life
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