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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"of" or "off"

When describing quantities with in a construction schedule in the format of "3 of/off basins" which of/off is correct to use?
  

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If you mean, basically, "Basins- we need three of them", it would be "of".

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If you mean, basically, "Basins- we need three of them", it would be "of".
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3 of basins may be jargon used in the building trade, but standard English is simply 3 basins.

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