HOW 2 ENGLISH BECAUSE U SUCK AT ENGLISH PLS READ OKTHX

[creedkingsx]

Am I allowed to say, "off of?"
How about ending a sentence with the word, "of?"

[FrostByte]

Am I allowed to say, "off of?"
How about ending a sentence with the word, "of?"

"Off of" is actually questionable... some schools of thought disagree with that use, some don't. When communicating with other native English speakers, I don't believe it hinders the ability to communicate at all to say "Get off of my nuts" rather than "Get off my nuts." It's up to you.


Ending sentences with "of" is something that English teachers 20 years ago would have knocked you for, but right now it's actually acceptable.
E.g "Is this a community we would like to be a part of?" rather than "Is this a community of which we would like to be a part?"
Even though I'm a grammar nazi and I haven't had a single mark off for grammar in any of the 931847219567 papers I've written in college in the last 4 years, I honestly think the second one sounds too "proper" for me even when I'm writing a paper. They're both acceptable use & I might actually make fun of someone who uses the second form on sc2mafia lol.
& since this thread actually has use and is informational I figured it would be better in srsdisc.