grammarprepositionsword-usage
I saw a sentence that made me wonder what the usage of "Off" is.
This is the sentence:
I love that she can make a living off playing video games
So what i understand is that "off" shows an activity but are there any other cases that we can use "off" in?
For example can i say:
I like that she can make a living off being a photographer.
The phrase "get to do something" implies to have the opportunity to do something. So the meaning of the first sentence is "I love to have the opportunity to see her first thing in the morning".
The phrases "get to do something and get to doing something" aren't interchangeable to convey the same meaning. The latter phrase means "to start doing something such as I got to talking to her. I got to thinking that it was his fault.
Both the sentences are grammatically correct, but they convey different senses.
I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you.
Translation, chunk by chunk:
[ I shall be ] [ a great deal ] [ too far off ] [ to trouble myself about you. ]
= [ I will be ] [ very ] [ too far away from you ] [ to do anything about you. ]
~ "I will be too very far away from you to do anything about you, my feet."
A great deal is a set phrase, meaning: "a large amount or quantity of something".
Why did Alice say so?
Because she was stretched out, like a telescope (see the image below), by the power of the cake after eating a cake in the previous chapter. (The sentence in question is from the first paragraph of chapter II of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.)
Best Answer
"Off" means approximately "out of", or "from" / "away from".
For example,
(He needs to stop always asking his parents for money, getting money from his parents.)
Sometimes "of" is added.
(used, for example, here)
But this is more colloquial and more typical for AmE.
(taking my previous experience as a starting point, I'm taking from it that my next experience will turn out to be X) [real-life example of usage here]
"Spin-off" is a noun, but here the meaning of "off" is also present: We have taken a previous show, and from it, we made a sequel.