northpath
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- Nov 4, 2013
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- Native Language
- Russian
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- Russian Federation
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- Russian Federation
I consider the sentence
A book fell off the shelf.
as a typical example of the preposition ‘off’ usage. But recently, an American acquaintance of mine said that the preposition ‘from’ suits too:
A book fell from the shelf.
Is it true? It destroys all my harmonious knowledge of English.:-(
A book fell off the shelf.
as a typical example of the preposition ‘off’ usage. But recently, an American acquaintance of mine said that the preposition ‘from’ suits too:
A book fell from the shelf.
Is it true? It destroys all my harmonious knowledge of English.:-(