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- I am off to work - WordReference Forums
With the thought being that I'm off work, heading off for parts unknown If I wanted to be specific, I would probably say, "I'm heading home " As for contractions, these are such casual statements, that I prefer "I'm" rather than "I am," which increases their formality (for me)
- 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)
- get off work or take off work? - WordReference Forums
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 Note that "Leave work" can also be used to depart even if you have not finished your obligations for the day
- 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
- 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
- Letter: Closing - Kisses at the end of an informal letter
You're absolutely right, or course, that it's acceptable in a letter to someone you're intimate with; nevertheless, a learner of English should be aware that it's not a standard way of signing off Some languages routinely use the equivalent of "Kisses" to end a letter ("Bisous" in French, "Besos" in Spanish, etc ) but in English, we don't have
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