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- Im off next week vs Ill be off next week | WordReference Forums
Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won't be in next week" In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life
- to drop off a meeting - WordReference Forums
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 context (to drop off a meeting) Can anyone clear things up for me? Thank you in advance!
- day off [vs] day leave - WordReference Forums
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 your help
- Shut off, cut off or turn off? - WordReference Forums
Water, electricity and gas tend to use "cut off" where the mains supply is stopped for any reason, but "shut off" is fine for water "Turn off" is also fine, but it lacks the emphasis of "cut off" or "shut off" "Turn off" is the usual expression for ordinarily closing a tap, but you could use "shut off" for something where there is an emphatic flow of water With a car alarm, I think you can
- fuck you fuck off - WordReference Forums
Topic phrases: fuck you fuck off Added by Cagey, moderator Sorry for this stupid question but what's the difference between these 2 expressions?
- Turn off the light or Turn the light off? - WordReference Forums
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 recently found out that it can come either before or after an object if the object is not a pro-noun Is
- First off. . . | WordReference Forums
Hey there, first off means "first of all" right? For example, "first off, my name's James not Jack " but my question starts here, what would be the continuation for multiple facts instead of one? Can we say "second off" , "third off" and so on? I don't mean something like "secondly" or
- Once-off or One-off - WordReference Forums
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 when I used 'once-off' instead of 'one-off' I'm wondering if 'once-off' is actually hiberno-English as I would always have used it more commonly than 'one-off'
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