Jooney Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Slam off the floor
"Why would a dog slam her head off the floor? My thirteen year old lab has recently slamming her head off the floor."
This is the question I found in Yahoo Answers.
Why not use 'onto' here instead of 'off'?
As far as I know, 'off' is one of those 'source' prepositons: it shows an initial position when there is a change of location.
For example,
ex1) He jumped off the bridge.
ex2) He lifted it off the floor.
Wouldn't 'onto' make more sense than 'off' in the above sentence?
This is the question I found in Yahoo Answers.
Why not use 'onto' here instead of 'off'?
As far as I know, 'off' is one of those 'source' prepositons: it shows an initial position when there is a change of location.
For example,
ex1) He jumped off the bridge.
ex2) He lifted it off the floor.
Wouldn't 'onto' make more sense than 'off' in the above sentence?
Top answer
"Off" is wrong. 'Onto' is questionable. The expected is ' on '.
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"Off" is wrong. 'Onto' is questionable. The expected is 'on'.
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