Ant_222 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"based off", "based off of"
Hi all,
I just met this phrase, and tried looking it up in an on-line dictionary, but it wasn't there.
Could anyone tell be about it? Is it at least correct?
P.S.: I seem to have understood the meaning: "based on".
I just met this phrase, and tried looking it up in an on-line dictionary, but it wasn't there.
Could anyone tell be about it? Is it at least correct?
P.S.: I seem to have understood the meaning: "based on".
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Hi, I just met this phrase, and tried looking it up in an on-line dictionary, but it wasn't there. Could anyone tell be about it? Is it at least correct?
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Hi,
I just met this phrase, and tried looking it up in an on-line dictionary, but it wasn't there.
Could anyone tell be about it? Is it at least correct?
P.S.: I seem to have understood the meaning: "based on". Both of these seem definitely substandard to me.
Actually, as a further point, I feel the same way about any use of '.
I just met this phrase, and tried looking it up in an on-line dictionary, but it wasn't there.
Could anyone tell be about it? Is it at least correct?
P.S.: I seem to have understood the meaning: "based on". Both of these seem definitely substandard to me.
Actually, as a further point, I feel the same way about any use of '.
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omit the "of". The sentence will remain the same; "I jumped off of the horse" is the same as "I jumped off the horse". "Off of" has become part of descriptive English, where it seems OK, but is really slang.
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