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victorycountry  +  122619 Sat, 30 Jul 05 12:43 PM

Hi,

I am just wondering about the meaning of the "start off" in "I started off by reading the first part of the sentence". Isn't "off" in "start off" omissionable?

 

Thanks in advance.

victorycountry
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Eimai_Anglos, 4 yr 116 days ago
The word "omissionable" is unknown.

To start off means to begin.


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Mister Micawber  +  122782 Sun, 31 Jul 05 04:57 AM
I think the off in this kind of use is an adverb of intensity or completion, VC:

I started off by learning the alphabet
I finished off by writing my thesis.
I polished off the last of the Oreos.
I scribbled off some quick notes.
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