[Vocabulary] fall off versus fall over

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virus99

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Hi forum!

What's the difference in use between fall off and fall over? And does a fall from exist?

And do we use fall off of sometimes?

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You can fall off your bike.

You can fall over when you're drunk.

You can fall from grace or fall from a tree.

You can fall in love and later you can fall behind with your alimony.

You can fall within a certain percentile.

You can fall about laughing and fall down dead.

BE speakers do not normally say 'off of'. It irritates us a bit.

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Thanks! So you can fall from a tree, but you can't fall from a bike? Because you fall off a bike :-??

Thanks a lot ;-)!!
 

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So you can fall from a tree, but you can't fall from a bike? Because you fall off a bike :-??
'Fall from a bike' is not a natural collocation.

You fall from a height.

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And you can fall on your knees.
 

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And you can fall out of bed or fall out with your friend. (not necessarily at the same time)
 

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No responses for a couple of minutes. Interest in this thread must be falling off.
 

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BE speakers do not normally say 'off of'. It irritates us a bit.

Is "off of" correct in AmE? Both in formal and informal speech.
 

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Sorry, BC – I can't see anything in that link that answers post #9.

This one is more relevant.

Rover
I posted it as a link relevant to the question in the first post. I've added a quote box.
 

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Is "off of" correct in AmE? Both in formal and informal speech.

It's certainly fine in informal use. I'm not so sure about formal writing.
 
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