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| Subject: | 'out of' vs. 'off of' |
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| Question: |
Why do you get ''out'' of a chair, but ''off'' of a sofa, bench, etc.? Is is just a colloquialism, or is there a root cause? Conversely, you sit ''in'' a chair, but ''on'' a bech, sofa, stool, etc. |
| From: | Lucas Munoz |
| Date: | 02-Oct-2012 |
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