advoca  +  10696 Tue, 14 Oct 03 05:37 AM Is there anyone out there who uses 'off of?' Take the sentence, "I can't take my eyes off of you," for example. advoca Joined on Fri, Oct 10 2003 New Member 28

	Mike in Japan  +  10728 Tue, 14 Oct 03 10:52 AM I think the 'of' is unnecessary. Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,371 I do like to be beside the seaside

	maj  +  10764 Tue, 14 Oct 03 05:34 PM Likewise, I would say: I can't take you off my mind, or I got his picture off the Internet. I would say these could be confused with "of" preposition. I would also say they are part of the verb, not prepositions. Off in the above example already implies the "of" preposition in its meaning so we wouldn't be needing another "of". (i) maj Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003 Senior Member 4,756 Verbs, Prepositions

	moijelesuis  +  10863 Thu, 16 Oct 03 03:11 AM perhaps, but MANY native speakers use it. maybe it is a hypercorrection, but "off of" often means "from" i cannot turn my eyes away from her i obtained the information from the internet moijelesuis Joined on Sat, Aug 16 2003 usa/canada Full Member 116