Monthly Archives: August 2017

Expletive! Expletive! Do Not Delete!

Posted on August 28, 2017 by The dutty is "the ground," the foundation, the earth--just like words are part of the foundation on which I build my life.

  Bet you thought that an expletive was just a profane word! Well, it became better-known as such a few decades ago, during the Watergate scandal. President Richard M. Nixon’s audiotape recordings included a lot of profanity, which had to … Continue reading →

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Wrestling with “off of” and “off”

Posted on August 17, 2017 by The dutty is "the ground," the foundation, the earth--just like words are part of the foundation on which I build my life.

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Wrestling with “off of” and “off”

Posted on August 17, 2017 by The dutty is "the ground," the foundation, the earth--just like words are part of the foundation on which I build my life.

Recently, I was asked about the validity of using the prepositional phrase off of. How viable is it for use in standard English. Is it distasteful and should be avoided? Well, generally speaking, prepositions that are superfluous to the meaning … Continue reading →

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