Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase "off to Scotland" uses be off, not off to. The to is part of to Scotland. This is meaning 34 of "off" in the WordReference dictionary: 34. starting on one's way; leaving [be + off] I'm off to Europe on Monday. Some other examples of how "off" is used this way: After breakfast, we'll be off.
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'.
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 ...
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!
"The company wants to dispose off the equipment." Is this sentence correct. Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off. But when I searched I could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used. Please help.
Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day. I don't see much difference in formality, if any.
Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding". Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not). This is about the ACTION that happens when someone trips the alarm. The alarm goes on - usually it means the alarm itself. The alarm signal goes ON. In order for the alarm to go OFF. That is, different places in the system are being ...
Yeah. It's not too common though. The two most common formulations are: I get off work at 5. and I get off of work at 5. At least where I live, "get off from" is used, but not as readily as those two.
Hello everyone, I learned that the phrasal verb "to cut someone off" can be used meaning "to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone".My question is:Was "cut sb off" correctly used in the senteces below? ==>Why did you cut him off like that? You used to be great friends...
In an email, I want to say : "Sorry I didn't answer your email earlier because I had several days off to take and I was out of my office last week". So I wasn't sure if the correct expression is "day offs" or "days off" ?
