So does the SOAP label get a ticket itself too ? Or is that just an extra level of sarcasticness (wait, is that a word, lol) built into the label in the picture ? “Smells like YOUR annoying” well either finish the sentence, or should be YOU'RE
Just because you think it’s incorrect doesn’t make it incorrect either. I personally think your stance on the matter belongs in the loo.
I don't "think" it is. It is.
It's objectively wrong.
Actually, you won't get consensus on that statement among linguists. First, the "grammatically incorrect" part of "off of" is mostly based on the presumption that "of" is redundant, and redundant words that are only there for syntactical purposes are grammatically incorrect by reductionary principle. But not everyone supports that principle, and honestly the people who first proscribed that principle literally just made it up.
But more directly, "off of" is now considered a valid American English idiom. As a generally accepted idiom, it does not need to honor any proscribed grammatical rule.
If you're operating in a context where someone wearing tweed and smoking a pipe regularly uses a copy of Strunk and White on the end of a long stick as a bludgeon, I would advise avoiding redundant double propositions. Anywhere else, it is reasonably fair game.
There are thousands of examples of “off of” in the Corpus of Contemporary American English, not just in spoken English, but in magazines, newspapers, and academic journals as well. “Off of” is well-established as standard in American English.
Something like "based on" may be stylistically preferable in many cases, but "off of" is still grammatically correct.
As a long-time editor, this is acceptable because the video game is using colloquial language, not highly standardized grammar styles, to impart information. The sentence in question makes complete sense, which in this context is all the matters.
As a long-time editor, this is acceptable because the video game is using colloquial language, not highly standardized grammar styles, to impart information. The sentence in question makes complete sense, which in this context is all the matters.
Just because you think it’s incorrect doesn’t make it incorrect either. I personally think your stance on the matter belongs in the loo.
I don't "think" it is. It is.
It's objectively wrong.
Language is not objective. Languages evolve over time. 😂
Language is what the language users say it is. If everyone else says something, and one person disagrees, he's objectively wrong. If half the people say one thing and the other half say something else, neither side is likely to be objectively right or wrong.
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But more directly, "off of" is now considered a valid American English idiom. As a generally accepted idiom, it does not need to honor any proscribed grammatical rule.
If you're operating in a context where someone wearing tweed and smoking a pipe regularly uses a copy of Strunk and White on the end of a long stick as a bludgeon, I would advise avoiding redundant double propositions. Anywhere else, it is reasonably fair game.
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Something like "based on" may be stylistically preferable in many cases, but "off of" is still grammatically correct. Ain't is actually grammatically correct. The rest of the examples are true though, they are all incorrect.
“Let’s eat grandma.”
Proper grammar saves lives!