The game was called OFF on account OF the weather.
Let's examine two important words in this sentence.
1. OFF -- it's the opposite of on. Notice it contains two "f"s.
2. OF -- it's a preposition, usually means belonging to, made from, or containing. Notice it contains only one "f". This subtle distinction gives each word a unique meaning.
Let's practice:
The plane full OF passengers took OFF.
excellent -- one more...
Hey! You! Get OFF OF my cloud.
wonderful.
I'm not a teacher or a particularly good speller. But I think I learned this tricky little two-/three-letter wonder in either first or second grade. Yes, that's somewhere between 5- and 7-years-old. It's not tricky like icicle or long like the common shampoo ingredient methochloroisothiazolinone. It's two or three letters. And one of them is repeated.
I see it misspelled here almost every day. It's not a typo and it's not just laziness or reluctant editing. It's consistent, repeatable and verifiable. For some reason, its correct spelling eludes many TD members. Hopefully, if you were one of them, you're now cured.
400 baht please.
(fully expect to be told to sod of)![]()