verb + off of
I often come across this construction:
verb + ‘off’ + ‘of’ + object
I’ve never really heard it in spoken English and wonder if you can say the same without ‘of’.
Just one example here from EFL Geek:
... just to get it OFF OF my hands since I wasn’t using it anymore.
kp1885
September 29, 2005, 12:09am
Honestly, being a non-American, English is just as hard as learning Russian [I'm Ukrainian, but you'd think I was born here *wink*]. There is so much slang and word shortenings that it's crazy. You can say both "get it off of my hands" or "get it off my hands." -Get it off of my hands- sounds a lot more urgent than -get it off my hands-, so say whichever one you really preffer. You'll be understood either way [and here I was almost typing understanded...way to go, proper English -_-]. ^_^
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kekebakardi
October 4, 2005, 7:37am
good day. I'm catherina from Georgia. I work at my dissertation and i research present day english word-formaton. Mainly i work on word-shortenings, such as abbreviations, acronyms, clippings and blendings. i have a lot of examples, but i cant find any literature or some linguists opinion in the web.i would be very grateful, if u could help me with this information.
thank you in advance
Catherina
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Vriesea (unregistered)
September 28, 2005, 6:30pm
To say "Get it off my hands" is very natural English, but it would technically be considered a colloquialism.
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Anonymous (unregistered)
September 28, 2005, 6:44pm
I think you can omit the of in this particular case. If you leave it in pronouce it as one word: "off-uv"
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DBP (unregistered)
November 27, 2005, 11:11pm
It's fine but it is a collocation that's used more in speech. It just adds a bit more emphasis to a sentence.
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