Do you say ''get off the phone'' only to someone who''s talking on the phone with someone else? Or can it also be said to someone who''s just playing with his phone, gaming,
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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.
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Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day. I don''t see much difference in formality, if any.
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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
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I saw the previous thread for the $10 off of $50 coupon then I saw this $10 off of $25 coupon at slickdeals (posted by dnez over there) and though...
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"hats off to you" is generally a safe and well-understood way to express your appreciation and respect in contemporary English, including in work-related emails to
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Is "Turn off the light" or "Turn the light off" correct? When I learned the grammar, the book explained that an adverb (0ff) can come after an object only if an object is pro-noun.
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Hello everyone! In a meeting I have heard people say "I need to drop off the meeting" and "I need to drop off to another meeting", and I wonder if the use of drop off is
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Topic phrases: fuck you / fuck off Added by Cagey, moderator Sorry for this stupid question but what''s the difference between these 2 expressions?
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I am confused about the way to express the time that you are not required to work. Is there any differences in the use of the expressions "day off" and "day leave"? Thanks in
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