2007年6月22日 · "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 …

2023年6月28日 · 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 …

2016年1月11日 · Get off the chair tells me someone is standing on the chair and you want him off. Get up from the chair as a command seems odd because you would just tell the person to 'get up' (I want …

2019年1月14日 · 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 …

2021年4月7日 · Hello I know that the original meaning of "off the grid" is to not have electricity or utilities, but nowadays in American movies, I almost always hear it used to mean "to not have cell service", …

2012年3月1日 · 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 …

2021年9月22日 · 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" …

2011年1月7日 · 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 …

2024年2月14日 · Both "hop off" and "drop off" are common in my idiolect to refer to people leaving a conference call or online meeting while others are staying on. People also "hop off" and then "hop …

2022年2月4日 · I am off to work on my project. I am off working on my project. Is sentence one the only correct one?