Off From
Posted by Word Camel on September 23, 2004
In Reply to: Off From posted by English Major on September 23, 2004
: I have been hearing the term "off from" a lot at work recently. I remember it being "off of" instead. Can anyone help me out? Example: I got that information off from the internet.
Have your colleagues been drinking? "Off of work", I've heard "Off from work" I've heard. "Off from the Internet" is just gobbledy gook. "Off the Internet" or "From the Internet" are fine.
It think the difference is that with something like "off from work", off is used in the sense of leaving, i.e. "I'm off". Where am I off from? I'm off/leaving from work. In the Internet example, "off" is used in same sense as "from". So "off" and "from" used together are redundant. That is why I think it sounds odd.
Language people could probably explain it better. But in general, you aren't crazy. It isn't a great use of the language.
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