get out the car

Dear teachers

Could you please shed some light on this?

I would to know if there is an variant for 'get out' in the following context:

Get out the car - remove the car from the garage, eg.
Get out of the car - exit the car.

Well... this seems to be correct American English, I wonder if it is the same in British English.
Let me be honest, 'get out of the car' sounds a bit odd to me.

No offenses meant.

Thank you

Offroad said:

Dear teachers

Could you please shed some light on this?

I would to know if there is an variant for 'get out' in the following context:

Get out the car - remove the car from the garage, eg.
Get out of the car - exit the car.

Well... this seems to be correct American English, I wonder if it is the same in British English.
Let me be honest, 'get out of the car' sounds a bit odd to me.

No offence meant.

Thank you

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If you are in the car and you wish to exit, you get out of the car.
If your car is in the garage and you wish to go for a drive, you need to get the car out of the garage.
You might say to somebody before going out "I'm going to get the car out".

You will hear people say things like I am going to get out the car at the lights.in BrE, but I'd say it was an omission rather than an alternative form.

Tdol said:

You will hear people say things like I am going to get out the car at the lights.in BrE, but I'd say it was an omission rather than an alternative form.

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It's also fairly common in AAE.
"Get out the way!"

EDIT: I thought there would be a tool-tip for it, but AAE = African American English

I'll add it.

It is quite interesting, because I was told that ...

The car drove off of the bridge! is correct but the of is unnecessary, while
The car drove off the bridge! sounds much better

But... of course, there's no point in comparing them with the 'get out' and 'get out of' differences.

Thank you

Off of is quite common, but it is unnecessary.

Offroad said:

It is quite interesting, because I was told that
The car drove off of the bridge! is correct but the of is unnecessary, while The car drove off the bridge! sounds much better

But... of course, there's no point in comparing them with the 'get out' and 'get out of' differences.

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It is worth bringing this up. Because the of in off of is unnecessary (and even considered incorrect by some), some learners think that the of in out of is incorrect, when it is often desirable.