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 #2 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:23 am off of a cliff v.s. off a cliff |
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Hi,
I would go for 'off a cliff' but I can hear Frank Sinatra singing: 'I can't take my eyes off of you...' probably because 'off you' wouldn't scan here!
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 13:35 pm off of a cliff v.s. off a cliff |
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| Alan wrote: |
| probably because 'off you' wouldn't scan here! |
I wonder what that means. :?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 13:56 pm off of a cliff v.s. off a cliff |
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It means that "off you" wouldn't fit into the song. It wouldn't work with the rhythm of the song as one syllable would be missing.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 14:18 pm off of a cliff v.s. off a cliff |
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Hi, Alan
Many thanks for your help !
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| I wonder what that means. :? |
Hi, Amy
That puzzled me too :) So I had to resort to the dictionary and found the meaning, but now I see that this meaning Alan had intended is not very popular among native speakers. |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:17 pm off of a cliff v.s. off a cliff |
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Hi LS
I would think of scan in this sort of 'metrical context' more with the meaning of 'analyze' rather than simply 'fit'. Of course, the word 'scan' has a number of other meanings as well.
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