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Hi shalini,
You asked:
| Quote: | 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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| Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:47 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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| Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:52 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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| Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:03 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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