Angliholic  +  551908 Thu, 07 Aug 08 05:39 AM Bears feed on/off honey and wild berries. Hi, Do both of on and off fit in the above? If yes, do they convey the same idea to you? Thanks. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,473 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	Mr Wordy  +  552249 Thu, 07 Aug 08 08:17 PM Yes, but again "off" is more casual/colloquial (to me). It's the sort of thing I might say but probably wouldn't write. Google hits: "feed on honey": 38,700 "feed off honey": 6 I'd expect more hits for "on" than "off", but this huge disparity rather surprises me. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker

	RayH  +  552250 Thu, 07 Aug 08 08:17 PM Bears feed on honey and wild berries. "off honey" is very odd sounding. RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 Contributing Member 1,555 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.

	Mr Wordy  +  552254 Thu, 07 Aug 08 08:26 PM RayH “"off honey" is very odd sounding. ” It's interesting you should say that, Ray, and your view more closely matches the Google stats. To me,"feed off" sounds, well, as I say, casual -- even a bit sloppy, if you like -- but it's something that people definitely do say in my part of the world. I wonder if there might be regional differences here. Mr Wordy