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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)
- 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'
- a long ways away | WordReference Forums
"A long ways off" is a little less definite to me than "a long way off", as "besides" is less definite than "beside" Click to expand Not necessarily there are many remnants in English of much older words being used in phrases which technically don't quite match up, I never claimed "a" had always been in the phrase or that it logically made
- 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
- 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
- Grand River fishing report | Ohio Game Fishing
Ran three wire rods off a big board running Yozuri’s , 300’ back, Dipsey’s on the opposite side 3 setting 170’ back, 2 setting 140’ back, 5 setting 115 back running spoons, and 2 lines off the port side downrigger , worm harnesses on both lines , 25’ leads 55’ and 30’ down, and one spoon off the starboard side downrigger
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