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? asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 2 months ago

Is "she stepped off of the street curb." grammatically correct?  If it is, why is 'of' needed?

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  • 2 months ago
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    'Of 'isn't needed. Off is all that's needed. 'Street' isn't needed either. Streets are the only things I can think of that normally have curbs so if you say curb it can be taken to mean a street curb. If she's stepping off a curb that is not a street curb, then you'd want to say what kind of curb it is.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    Or you could say "She stepped off from the curb".

  • 2 months ago

    Technically 'of' is not needed as 'off' and 'of' are both prepositions and two prepositions side by side are not needed.

  • RP
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    In this phrase, "of" is not required. It would be fine to write "she stepped off the curb." Even "street" is not really required and could be eliminated. If brevity is the goal, deleting "of" and "street" would be an improvement.

  • Dv8s
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    She stepped off the curb.  It's fine without 'of' or 'street', but it seems incomplete.

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