My off changes every week.

[tufguy]

My off changes every week. If I had an off on Monday last week then I will have an off on Tuesday this week and Wednesday next week and so on.

Is it correct to say "My off changes every week. It gets shifted to the next day of the week from the day I previously had an off on"?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Right. Off is never a noun.

 

[GoesStation]

Right. Off is never a noun.

… in international English. I have a feeling it works in the Indian variety.

 

[Rover_KE]

tufguy has used 'off' in this sense before. He must have forgotten we corrected it last time.:-(

 

[Yankee]

My day off changes every week. If I had [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] off on Monday last week then I will [STRIKE]have an[/STRIKE] be off (or "have off")on Tuesday this week and Wednesday next week and so on.

Is it correct to say "My days off change[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE] every week. [STRIKE]It[/STRIKE] They get[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE] shifted to the next day of the week from the day I previously had [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] off [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE]"?

Y.

 

[emsr2d2]

Maybe it's another AmE v BrE thing, but "If I had off" and "I will have off ..." don't work in BrE. We'd use either:

- If I was off on Monday last week, I will be off on Tuesday this week, Wednesday next week and so on.
- If I had Monday off last week, I will have Tuesday off this week, Wednesday off next week and so on.

 

[GoesStation]

Maybe it's another AmE v BrE thing, but "If I had off" and "I will have off ..." don't work in BrE. We'd use either:

- If I was off on Monday last week, I will be off on Tuesday this week, Wednesday next week and so on.
- If I had Monday off last week, I will have Tuesday off this week, Wednesday off next week and so on.

Same here. Yankee's suggestion just looks weird to me.

 

[Yankee]

Not unusual, in fact common in east central U.S.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

… in international English. I have a feeling it works in the Indian variety.

I gotta get out more.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Maybe it's another AmE v BrE thing, but "If I had off" and "I will have off ..." don't work in BrE. We'd use either:

- If I was off on Monday last week, I will be off on Tuesday this week, Wednesday next week and so on.
- If I had Monday off last week, I will have Tuesday off this week, Wednesday off next week and so on.

Yep, it might be a US versus UK thing.

In the US, you can have Monday off, but you can't have an off on Monday.

Again, it's not a noun here.

 

[Rover_KE]

In the US, you can have Monday off, but you can't have an off on Monday.

Again, it's not a noun here.

And it's not in the UK, either.

 

[Yankee]

Suggest you and GS use your favorite search engine on use of "off" for absence. Here's one resulting link https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/im-off-next-week-vs-ill-be-off-next-week.2358901/

 

[GoesStation]

Suggest you and GS use your favorite search engine on use of "off" for absence. Here's one resulting link https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/im-off-next-week-vs-ill-be-off-next-week.2358901/

All the examples at the top of the thread use "off" as an adjective. That's fine. Tufguy used it as a noun. We don't do that for a day off in American English.

 

[Skrej]

Not unusual, in fact common in east central U.S.

It's common enough here in the mid-west US as well, although I'd drop the 'on' in both cases.

 

[GoesStation]

It's common enough here in the mid-west US as well, although I'd drop the 'on' in both cases.

"If I had Monday off" is common. "If I had off Monday" doesn't sound natural to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

Both "day off" and "off day" can be used in the UK. The former is more common, in my opinion. Even though I agree that "off" isn't generally used as a noun, in one of my previous jobs, it was. I was part of the team that sorted out the work roster each week for 150 staff, working across some 25 different shifts, in an environment that was open 24/7. We would say things like "Don't forget Jane needs four shifts and three offs every week" and "Remember to give staff two offs before a week's leave".

 

[tufguy]

Both "day off" and "off day" can be used in the UK. The former is more common, in my opinion. Even though I agree that "off" isn't generally used as a noun, in one of my previous jobs, it was. I was part of the team that sorted out the work roster each week for 150 staff, working across some 25 different shifts, in an environment that was open 24/7. We would say things like "Don't forget Jane needs four shifts and three offs every week" and "Remember to give staff two offs before a week's leave".

Okay so can I say use the following?

1) I have a day off on Monday.

2) I am off on Monday however I will work on Tuesday.

3) I have Monday off and will work on Tuesday.

4) I am off work on Monday.

5) I have been given a day off on Saturday.

6) I have been given two days off at the weekend.

We can't say "I have been given an off on Saturday". Am I correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

Okay, so can I say use the following?

1) I have a day off on Monday. :tick:

2) I am off on Monday. However, I will work on Tuesday. See corrections.

3) I have Monday off and will work on Tuesday. :tick:

4) I am off work on Monday. :tick:

5) I have been given a day off on Saturday. :tick:

6) I have been given two days off at the weekend. :tick: although it would make more sense to say "I have been given the weekend off" since the weekend consists of only two days anyway.

We can't say "I have been given an off on Saturday". Am I correct? I wouldn't encourage learners to use it. My example was very job-specific.

See above.

 

[Yankee]

Okay so can I say/ use the following? Yes.

1) I have a day off on Monday.

2) I am off on Monday however I will work on Tuesday.

3) I have Monday off and will work on Tuesday.

4) I am off work on Monday.

5) I have been given a day off on Saturday.

6) I have been given two days off at the weekend.

We can't say "I have been given an off on Saturday". Am I correct? Yes.

Y.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Suggest you and GS use your favorite search engine on use of "off" for absence. Here's one resulting link https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/im-off-next-week-vs-ill-be-off-next-week.2358901/

Thanks! Your link agrees with me. It's not a noun. It's an adjective in all three.

I just scrolled up and noticed that Goes read it the same way.

We don't have offs. We have days off, which we enjoy (and off days, which we don't enjoy).

Note also that none of the sentences you posted are punctuated right. One statement has a question mark, and the others need periods.

PS -

Why would I use a search engine to know what off means?