Good day, I would like to ask if it is right to say "I'm off today." What I mean is that I'm not at work today because it's my day off. Does it have a similar meaning to "It's my day off today.?" Thank you in advance.
Help me please... Is is "laid off" or "layed off" from a job? Thanks.
Hi, kind people I have a confusion between get off work and take off work. I want to ask my friend when he stops his work at his job for the day. So should I ask him like this: "What time do you get off work?" Or should I ask him another way: "What time do you take off work...
大家好！ With Chinese New Year being today, I imagine a lot of people are setting off fireworks and firecrackers in China, Taiwan, etc. I know that to set off firecrackers is 炸鞭炮 (Is "放" also possible here?). How about fireworks? Do you say 放烟花？or 炸烟花? Thanks! :) (and Happy Chinese New Year to...
With regards to "I have Fridays off", I think you're right in the sense that there's definitely an ambiguity: you'd need to follow up with another question in order to ascertain the reason why you have Fridays off; maybe you've asked to take them off, maybe your employer insists you take them off.
I believe you, Bevj and loghrat. However, I can't understand why you can't "put a light off" if you use "put a light on." That seems strange and arbitrary. In my experience, AE speakers use "put out" regularly with flames on candles, matches, cigarettes and lighters, but they don't use "put" as a synonym for "turn" or "switch" in phrases about turning the lights on/off.