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minus-squareGreyShuck@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down13·3 年前If they do, it is probably to avoid grammar like ‘off of’.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 年前Do people often throw themselves off precipices around you?
minus-squareGreyShuck@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 年前No. Perhaps because when I get paid to write about science, I don’t use grammar like that.
If they do, it is probably to avoid grammar like ‘off of’.
Do people often throw themselves off precipices around you?
No. Perhaps because when I get paid to write about science, I don’t use grammar like that.