"off of" in NYT headline

[Dan Goncharoff]

I would expect the NYTimes to use "off from".
DanG

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Apprently, _off of_ is unusual in your dialect. However, it's not in
> mine and, in the environment cited, excepting the either the off" or
> the "of" pretty much renders the headline uninterpretable for me:
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> Lenders Back Off Environmental Risks
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> Lenders Back of Environmental Risks
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> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, David Wake <dnwake at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/business/energy-environment/31coal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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>> I've spotted this collocation a few times in the text of weekend
>> editions, but never in a headline, and never on a weekday. Ā I wonder
>> whether this marks an official change in house style, or merely a
>> change in staff among the copyeditors?
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>> David
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