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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-223 days agoEnglish is so fucking weird. In this sentence “Off” the street is as “taken off the street” (was on the street) but my brain interpreted it as kidnapped off-street (someone’s home?). The sentence completely changes meaning with “the”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•23 days agoIt’s just plain incorrect grammar. It should be “off of the street”. However the phrase is used often enough that the abbreviation is well understood.
English is so fucking weird. In this sentence “Off” the street is as “taken off the street” (was on the street) but my brain interpreted it as kidnapped off-street (someone’s home?). The sentence completely changes meaning with “the”
It’s just plain incorrect grammar. It should be “off of the street”. However the phrase is used often enough that the abbreviation is well understood.