"off of" = "on"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 26 14:32:20 UTC 2013


 From an AP dispatch, seen on Yahoo News, about the splattered splash
of green paint on the Lincoln Memorial:

' Capt. Steven Booker says the paint spill "appears intentional based
off of the splatter." '

Joel

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