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Re: off of

Posted By: Sam, on host 24.62.250.124
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2005, at 20:20:12
In Reply To: Re: off of posted by Minamoon on Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 12:44:41:

> > I jumped off of the bed and broke my leg.
>
> Isn't "off of" technically proper, though, in this case? I think "of" is a preposition here...

My understanding is that "off of" is never correct. "Off" is the preposition, so "of" is not needed to serve as one.

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Re: off of - Minamoon - Mon, 5/2/2005, 16:38:07
- Re: off of - Sam - Tue, 5/3/2005, 08:51:55
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    - Re: off of - Vida - Wed, 5/4/2005, 03:04:49
  - Re: off of/ offa - Howard - Tue, 5/3/2005, 13:01:29
- Re: off of - Nyperold - Mon, 5/2/2005, 21:42:45

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