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Author Topic: 'of' vs 'off'  (Read 5181 times)

sevenlayermuddle

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Re: 'of' vs 'off'
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2020, 10:42:00 PM »
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Re: 'of' vs 'off'
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2020, 12:49:50 PM »
AFAICR 'off' is usually used when, say, ordering a list of parts by phone eg
Widgets 20 off, Wotsits 15 off etc to make it clear that these are quantities.

Similar to writing a spec and saying eg "...there shall be 6 (No) wotsits provided on this contract."
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Re: 'of' vs 'off'
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2020, 02:22:14 PM »
I've been searching online, found a few other random forums discussing this same thing phenomenon.  And just as here, some correspondents supporting 'off' with a number, others disbelieving.

I've also been checking online dictionaries, quite hard to find anything at all.  But at last, I see it's in this Collins edition...

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/off

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16.  business
(used with a preceding number) indicating the number of items required or produced
please supply 100 off
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Re: 'of' vs 'off'
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2020, 02:55:19 PM »
Off

When I used to order components it was always 'off'

It was used in Engineering drawings a lot as well
eg
Parts list
Screws
6BA = 50 off
4BA = 200 off.
2BA = 10 off
etc.
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Re: 'of' vs 'off'
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2020, 05:27:38 PM »
BA screws bring back memories for a long time ago  :P
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