Could anybody check the following sentence
I cant take my eyes off of you or I cant tale my eyes off you.
I cant take my mind off of you or I cant take my mind off you
I fell off of the bike or I fell off the bike
I fell off the bike is correct.
Living in the USA you'll hear off of a lot, but when our American friends wake up later I expect they'll confirm that the of is redundant.
Rover
Last edited by Rover_KE; 21-Aug-2011 at 08:30.
I hear "off of" a lot in the UK too. I've been hearing it all my life (that's quite a while!) and it has always jumped out at me and made me want to correct the speaker.
At another forum I was a member of some years ago, many Americans were strongly against off of. Here's a comment by someone who doesn't think it's so wrong.
Non-Errors