Located off of Highway 441

English translation: located close to highway 441

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English term or phrase:Located off of Highway 441
Selected answer:located close to highway 441
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

02:31 Aug 6, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Real Estate
English term or phrase: Located off of Highway 441
Located off of Highway 441,...

Could "off of" be a typo? if not, does it mean that the property is close to Highway 441?
Mark Chen
Local time: 07:20
located close to highway 441
Explanation:
Mike :)

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Note added at 11 days (2009-08-17 08:24:19 GMT) Post-grading
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you're welcome
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 19:20
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +10located close to highway 441
Michael Powers (PhD)
5 +2close to/at the exit of Highway 441
David Hollywood


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
located off of highway 441
close to/at the exit of Highway 441


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-08-06 02:39:27 GMT)
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"off of" is a tautology but accepted in the US

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-08-06 02:40:52 GMT)
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perfectly good US English :)

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Note added at 12 mins (2009-08-06 02:44:13 GMT)
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and I say this as a purely linguistic observation

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: In the UK, 'off of' is generally perceived as being a sign of uneducated EN, but is very common in everyday speech
3 hrs

agree  argosys
3 days 7 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
located off of highway 441
located close to highway 441


Explanation:
Mike :)

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Note added at 11 days (2009-08-17 08:24:19 GMT) Post-grading
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you're welcome

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 19:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood
2 mins
  -> Thank you, David - Mike :)

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
4 mins
  -> Thank you, sibsab - Mike :)

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
5 mins
  -> Thank you, Yasutomo - Mike :)

agree  Elena Jones
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Elena - Mike :)

agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jenni - Mike :)

agree  kmtext
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, kmtext - Mike :)

agree  George C.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, solarstone - Mike :)

agree  Rolf Keiser
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Goldcoaster - Mike :)

agree  Phong Le
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Phong - Mike :)

agree  Suzan Hamer
3 days 6 hrs
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