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Science_guru wrote: Sweety_pudding wrote: i think of and off just looks like earchother.. I don't agree with this. In fact I don't see any relation between "of" and "off" "of" is a preposition e.g. President of America, son of Mr. List. "off" is an adjective meaning "not in operation"...

From M-W: Main Entry: al·right Pronunciation: (")ol-'rIt, 'ol-" Function: adverb or adjective : ALL RIGHT usage The one-word spelling alright appeared some 75 years after all right itself had reappeared from a 400-year-long absence. Since the early 20th century some critics have insisted...

Hello Latin OED says about out of; out of prepositional phrase "Out of" is originally and still in writing, two words, namely the adverb "out" followed by the preposition "of" (in its primary sense = from). In analysis "out of" is precisely on the same level with the obsolete "down of", "up...

Although grammatical, "thrice" is used a lot less than "3 times" in the US. In the Philippines, it's the other way around. Sometimes, I kid my students that "4 times" can be said as "fries". Of course I take it back before he starts taking me seriously! From Merriam-Webster: Main Entry:...