get off/get out of

[Saneta]

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Instead of 'get off' the car, can I say 'get out of the car'?

thanks

[Beeesneees]

'I got off at Sandusky Street'
doesn't mean I got out of the car at Sandusky Street.
It means she took that junction off the freeway.
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[Saneta]

please explain: she took the junction off the freeway = to leave the freeway at the junction?

[Dothuhapt]

As far as i know, "get out of" is used for taxi, small cars and "get off" for other kinds with bigger size.
For instance:
- I was just getting out of the taxi as it began to rain.
- I got off the bus/ the train.

[Beeesneees]

This is a different usage of 'get off'.
Notice the question is about 'get off at'.
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[Alan]

Hi Saneta,

There is a problem here for me and maybe it's the old AmE/BrE thing. Instead of: I got off at Sandusky Street, I would say: I turned off at S Street. To me 'I got off at at S Street' as a sentence on its own means it was here that I got off the bus/train and so on. But there we go, there are these differences.

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[Beeesneees]

It would have been a problem for me in isolation, but I read the test question and realised it was an AmE test.
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[Alan]

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Well, obviously I did too. Don't be so schoollteachery, please.

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[Beeesneees]

Calm down, dear. It's only an observation.
I shan't bother listening to your recording. I have no doubt it's dripping with your usual sarcasm.
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[Torsten]

Bev, I have listened to the recording and couldn't find any sarcasm in it. Alan just read out loud what he wrote. You both come from the same country and you have so much in common. You speak the same language and you are both language enthusiasts who volunteer their time to help people improve their English and increase their self-confidence in the process. This forum and our community need both of you.

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[Beeesneees]

Torsten, perhaps you missed the sarcasm in what he wrote to begin with.
Why he felt he needed to read a message directed to another native English speaker aloud is also beyond me.
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[Torsten]

Bev, 99% of our users are learners of English, not native speakers. The messages we create are for everyone on this forum to read and to listen to. The vast majority of our users appreciate the fact that on top of reading the messages they can also hear them spoken by a native speaker. As you know, English is a 'non-phonetic' language and most learners are not aware of this fact. If they can also hear the messages read out loud, they will be able to learn much faster. I did read Alan's post at the beginning of the thread and still can't find any sarcasm in it. All he said was that there could be a difference between US and UK English regarding the phrasal verb 'get off'.

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[Beeesneees]

It's not that post which I was referring to, but message #8 -- directed at me and containing sarcasm.
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[Alan]

Message 8 was intended as a criticism of your comment on my reply to Saneta. I referred to you with the word 'schoolteachery', not a very articulate choice admittedly, but the reply struck me as in the style of what is called a 'schoolmarm'. The reason for my reaction? Simply that you were telling me something which I already knew because I too had listened to the recording made by Tom, with whom I have had several Skype conversations and clearly know that he is American. To refer to my comment as 'dripping with sarcasm' is quite inaccurate. Why did I record my message? Simply to indicate that it wasn't intended to be vituperative. Perhaps you could try some recordings yourself. At least with the spoken word the recipient knows more accurately what the other person means.

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[Torsten]

Hi Alan,

Thanks a lot for teaching me a new word: vituperative. I listened to its pronunciation on Forvo and found that there is a huge difference between the US and UK versions...

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