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Angliholic  +  521450 Sun, 01 Jun 08 01:27 AM

They make a lot of money off of seal skins.

Tehy make a lot of money off seal skins.

They make a lot of money from seal skins.

They make a lot of money selling seal skins.

 

Hi,

Do all of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? Thanks.
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Chibi  +  521465 Sun, 01 Jun 08 01:58 AM

As far as I know, 'They make a lot of money from seal skins' and 'They make a lot of money by selling seal skins' are the same.

In my opinion, the two first sentences are not used with the same purpose as the two last ones. However, I am not sure whether or not they are correct in other situations/with other purpose. How about your opinions?
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Angliholic  +  521565 Sun, 01 Jun 08 09:10 AM

Chibi
“

As far as I know, 'They make a lot of money from seal skins' and 'They make a lot of money by selling seal skins' are the same.

In my opinion, the two first sentences are not used with the same purpose as the two last ones. However, I am not sure whether or not they are correct in other situations/with other purpose. How about your opinions?

”

Thanks, Chibi.

I'm sure the last two are about the same in meanings,but not the first two. That's why I posted the question here. Could you tell me the meanings of the first two? Thanks again.
Angliholic
Chibi  +  521570 Sun, 01 Jun 08 09:55 AM

Hi Angliholic,

After reading some sentences in contexts that include the phrase "make money off of (sth)"/ "make money off (sth)", I have a feeling that the two last sentences somehow have the same meaning as the two first. However, they bear a little difference related to time to do the job for money - I mean the money makers (when using "make money off of (sth)"/ "make money off (sth)") just have an intention of making money in that way (by selling seal skins) for the short period of time when they seize a golden oppotunity. Meanwhile, using "make money from" seems to indicate that selling seal skins is the main and permanent job.

Hope that my explanation here is clear enough! Moreover, I find these sentence very interesting, thanks!
Chibi
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