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Hi shalini,
You asked:
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My house is between the grocery store and the gas station.
Correct answer: (d) between
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Obviously here we have to use between because there are two objects either side. Off has many uses but in the matter of location we could use it like this: We live in a house in a small road just off the main road. In other words this means the small road comes away from the main road.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:47 am Use of the preposition 'off' |
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If you want to use 'off' in a similar sentence, meaning 'away from' or 'at some distance from', you could say for example:
My house is off the main road. The house is one mile off the beach. His house is just off the seafront. |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:52 am Oops! |
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| It looks as if I'm stepping on your shoes, Alan, sorry. I guess it's just that it takes me longer to compose a reply and then I forget to look if someone has already answered. |
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:03 am Oops |
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Hi Conchita,
As a putative superannuated septuagenarian I take no offence whatsoever. It's really a case of great minds think alike.
Best wishes
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Jun 28, 2009 20:09 pm Use of the preposition 'off' |
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| Would you please explain what,s the difference in using between and among? |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:34 am The meaning of 'putative superannuated septuagenarian'? |
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Hi teachers
I do not understand Alan's sentences.
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Hi Conchita,
As a putative superannuated septuagenarian I take no offence whatsoever. It's really a case of great minds think alike.
Best wishes
Alan |
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