Ditto, and to (2) you could add "I won''t be in next week". In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use . They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational
Water, electricity and gas tend to use "cut off" where the mains supply is stopped for any reason, but "shut off" is fine for water. "Turn off" is also fine, but it lacks the emphasis of "cut off" or
In BE, "off work" means not working, possibly because of illness, or because you are on leave or have a holiday. Therefore, in BE, your question would make sense.
Do you say ''get off the phone'' only to someone who''s talking on the phone with someone else? Or can it also be said to someone who''s just playing with his phone, gaming, scrolling facebook
Hello everyone, I learned that the phrasal verb "to cut someone off" can be used meaning "to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone".My question is:Was "cut sb off"
Alarm goes off: "To go off" means "to trip, to start sounding". Something has triggered the alarm, and it went off (started sounding, flashing lights, what not). This is about the ACTION that
"The company wants to dispose off the equipment." Is this sentence correct. Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off. But
Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day. I don''t see much difference in formality, if any.
Hello everyone! In a meeting I have heard people say "I need to drop off the meeting" and "I need to drop off to another meeting", and I wonder if the use of drop off is correct in this
Hello, Does anyone know what is the difference between ''once-off'' and ''one-off'' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague corrected me
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