Grammar correction. Arrrggghhh!

[Brightonhome]

I sent a text to a slightly older relative saying that I had bought something 'off Amazon', and she replies with the very first line "It should read off of .... tut tut" Whether she is correct or not, it really pissed me off. I'm fifty-five, not twelve.
We have a slightly strained relationship anyway, and we hadn't spoken for two months, so to criticise me like that, well, I was not happy. In the same text, she also called me 'young lady' when admonishing me for not getting in touch earlier, but she could just as easily have contacted me in that time frame. I'm ashamed to say I sent a text back saying "Who the hell says 'off of'? No grammar nazis allowed here." Yes I definitely overreacted, but I wouldn't dream of correcting someone's grammar, unless it was a stranger who was correcting someone else's, but in the process, made errors themselves ..... they're fair game. I may see an inconsistency, but to point it out to an adult friend or relative is just plain rude if you ask me. I think I should probably apologise for the nazi comment, but I can't bring myself to do it. Ugh.
What are your feelings about grammar correction among adult friends and relatives? helpful, but mildly annoying? or passive aggressive BS?

Off of is wrong!

Off Amazon is common parlance and fine.

Both wrong, should be 'from' Amazon!

recrudescence, you seem very sure you are right about this - do go and check. To buy something 'of' a trader does sound odd to modern ears, admittedly, and I did say it was antiquated. That doesn't make it wrong, however vigorously you assert it.

'Off' is OK (though not my preferred way of putting it) in the context of buying, but I really, really hate it in the context of gifts ('I got it off my mum for Christmas'). It sounds sort of greedy and grabby, as if you're wrestling the present off the giver.

'Off of' is just odd.

It’s incorrect. You were right; she was wrong.

The word “from” is more formal. However “off of” is pure nonsense.

The expression “off Amazon” is informal but fine.

Sorry to drip my responses.

The expression “off Amazon” is perfectly ok in a text - which is informal.

Just leaving this here for recrudescence.

I'm a big fan of "from off of". As in "I bought this from off of Amazon" or "he's that man from off of that thing on TV".

I agree I'd have been judging right back …

On the subject of would of (etc) - I haven't been in a position to try this, but one day I will try explaining politely that would of is a misinterpretation of would've, a correct contraction of would have. I certainly use contractions of this form but wouldn't dream of writing them formally. I'm sure that letting a child know that a speech pattern they are using is a contraction (and how to write it) would lead much more easily to accurate grammatical usage as an adult ...

I was taught that you "get off a bus, you receive from a person".

You were taught wrong! The verb is "to get off". It needs a preposition. "Off of" in that context is right.

I have a particular relative that corrects people on Facebook. It always detracts from the actual conversation, and is particularly irritating when they do it on a joke or lighthearted post. I have been known to quietly delete their comments....

"Taught wrongly", surely Proclivities?

I see your point though. Perhaps I should stick to saying "I alighted".

(I think it was actually to stop you saying things like "I got a doll off Auntie".)

I buy things on Amazon, not off it.

Much worse: people who say they "work out of London", when they mean they work in London.

She's wrong. It's clearly 'off of out of The Amazon'

Self confessed grammar Nazi here. I winds me up something chronic when I see bad grammar but I have learnt to let it go 😆

The absolute worst and most common is "could of" or "would of". ARGH! You wouldn't say "I of done that" so why say "I could of done that". A friend of mine actually shared a post on Facebook where he shared a grammar test with the text "could of done better". Had to really bite my tongue for that one 😂

Another one I hate is "his gorgeous" or "he's sister" (I.e getting his/he's wrong).

I wouldn't have bothered correcting "off Amazon" though. Especially if said in a text. It's how most people speak these days I guess. Seems a bit narky of your MIL to bring it up.

Actually,it should be 'I bought something FROM Amazon'. You're welcome.

To the PP who asked 'Shouldn't it be 'brought'?. No,it's bought if you are buying something,brought if you are bringing something.
Therefore:- Bought - buy.
Brought - bring.

Provided of course that you actually bought it FROM Amazon and not through them: a lot of things sold on Amazon are in fact being sold by someone other than Amazon.

Bedlinen for example (something I have just been looking at) is sold by all sorts of people who use Amazon to advertise their wares.

I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the Americanism ‘off of’ when it’s used in the UK.

It is both incorrect and makes me want to peel my face off (not of off) and simultaneously shudder.

Tell the rude bitch that she’s wrong AND on my hit list

It’s so rude and patronising to correct another adult’s spelling and grammar. YANBU

You were taught wrong! The verb is "to get off". It needs a preposition. "Off of" in that context is right.

No, it's not.