"Off" instead of "from"
as in, "I got it off, John".

Try telling someone they're wrong and they'll laugh at you.

rafter (is not common)
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(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:24, 8 replies)

Or worse, off of
As in, "Look, there's that burd off of the telly!"
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:27, closed)

i love that phrase
its a beautiful bastardisation of english. We have a great language that is manipulated very well (by the Brits - no one else) and we create sentences or phrases like that which grammatically are horrible, but perfectly understandable. Its brilliant. Myfavourite is from the creature comforts advert "its very turn on and off-able."
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:29, closed)

Can you get something "for free"?
I have been told that this is wrong, but I hear it all the time.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:31, closed)

you get something free
or something for nothing - not 'for free'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:42, closed)

I see
So how do I address a Bishop when writing a formal letter? (Just kidding)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:56, closed)

It's no good...
Some people you just can't learn ;)
(Bad_Dogg, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:35, closed)

Erm, is that an unnecessary comma?
Surely "I got it from John" would be mangled into "I got it off John".

Excuse my pedantry (or possibly point-missing idiocy) but "I got it off, John" sounds like an joyful exclamation from someone who has just managed to free a portion of their anatomy from the object in which it has been wedged, possibly for many years, and must make this new state of affairs known to John immediately.

Yes, I am fully aware I am thinking about how best to punctuate a grammatically incorrect sentence. Oh dear.
(moglin shall make you writhe in her cage of torment on, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:40, closed)

That's some admirable pedantry there fella.
If I could *click* you, I might.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:33, closed)