Jun 28, 2023 · 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 correct in this …

Jul 19, 2007 · 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.

May 22, 2011 · 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 advance for …

Mar 24, 2020 · Copy off you would be what I would say (in BE). Me too. Most BE speakers consider the 'of' to be redundant, superfluous, unnecessary and pleonastic.

Apr 9, 2008 · 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. However, I …

Jan 7, 2011 · Hello, Does anyone know what is the difference between 'once-off' and 'one-off' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague corrected me …

Nov 11, 2006 · Hi, Does lie off mean the same as lay off please? Here’s an example: 3000 employees were laid off. 3000 employees were lain off. [The sentences come from a test and both are correct] I …

Sep 10, 2011 · Hallo, Which one is correct " Lampreys live on blood that they suck out'' or '' they live off blood that they suck out''. Thank you in advance.

Dec 24, 2006 · This is another linguistic issue here though. Walking with my feet (obvious, one always walks with their feet, but this is written for rhyme and rhythm) ten feet off of Beale ("ten feet off" …

Feb 26, 2010 · Welcome, Philiponfire. Personally, I might have used "a physical description to go on"; there are other options, of course. For example, you could just delete the whole clause: "with only a …