"OFF OF". Hideous crime against English language. Discuss.

[UnquietDad]

That's it really.

Actually while I was typing it, I suddenly forgot the English language and all knowledge of any form of punctuation. All I could see was squiggles.

Rolling Stones: "Get Off Of My Cloud".

GUILTY.

They may have been commenting on America though, where I think they wrote that song. Guilty until proven innocent though for me.

OK, need to resurrect, as I have been having this argument with my dh. He says 'off of' frequently. Irritates me considerably. i explain it's wrong, He insists it's right.

Lots of people on this thread thankfully acknowledge it's wrong, but he won't take a 'it's just wrong' for an answer. Can anyone give cast iron rules and proof for Mr bleedin' Lawyer (who can't talk properly)

Oh and was asked to contract "We are not going"

He said "we're not going"
I said "We aren't going"

Apparently mine was the correct answer, but again, can't explain why?

Threadworm- have pinched the sentence for my students! Thankyou!

I was talking yesterday about the striking off of a company ....

That's different though- the "off" is part of the verb "strike off" and the "of" relates to the company. Hideous "off of" is when there is just no need for 2 prepositions- it doesn't add anything to the meaning.