Sentence (b) is correct, but the phrase off to scotland uses be off, not off to The to is part of to scotland This is meaning 34 of off in the wordreference dictionary Leaving [be + off] i'm off to europe on monday Some other examples of how off is used this way After breakfast, we'll be off.
Hello everyone, i learned that the phrasal verb to cut someone off can be used meaning to stop having a close or friendly relationship with someone.my question is:was cut sb off correctly used in the senteces below ==>why did you cut him off like that You used to be great friends. (from a reference book for japanese high school students.) question I am off to work on my project I am off working on my project
Your choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day I don't see much difference in formality, if any. Ditto, and to (2) you could add i won't be in next week In fact, you could take a week off trying to decide which one to use They are all in the same register, and for normal conversational purposes (no deep metaphysical debates, please folks!) they all mean the same thing Sometimes you can have too many choices in life.
I am off to work now does it mean that i am about to work now Off you go = be on your way, or be about your business (or be about/undertake the orders/instructions you have been given). Water, electricity and gas tend to use cut off where the mains supply is stopped for any reason, but shut off is fine for water Turn off is also fine, but it lacks the emphasis of cut off or shut off Turn off is the usual expression for ordinarily closing a tap, but you could use shut off for something where there is an emphatic flow of water With a car alarm, i think you can.
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