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To save other people time: The video shows how to get some of them off your face if you want to study them. Not how to get rid of them permanently, or even temporarily.
As a totally unrelated aside, would one be able to express that distinction using "of" versus "off"?
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Off, as in take off your clothes or turn a light switch off. It’s means separation or disconnection. Of shows a relationship. The Queen of the UK. Get rid of the mites on my face!
Though note that etymologically "of" is a derivative of "off". There was no need for a preposition "of" historically because the idea was expressed by declining a noun into the genitive case. But as the Romance languages developed from Latin, the case system largely died out and the Latin preposition de radically shifted its meaning to the current meaning of "of". Romance de was translated into English as off because…
For your point [1], I did like de when I studied Spanish in school.
Clearly, as good a reason as any to shower in the morning instead of the evening.
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To save other people time: The video shows how to get some of them off your face if you want to study them. Not how to get rid of them permanently, or even temporarily.
As a totally unrelated aside, would one be able to express that distinction using "of" versus "off"?
This construction makes it clear that we're taking some mites, presumably to do something with them, rather than trying to render the face mite-free.
But if they're becoming symbionts does the 'symbiont' part just mean that they can't live without the other? I was under a belief that in a symbiotic relationship both parties benefit for the relationship, but I don't see and fail to find what humans gain from this relationship. If anyone knows please do share!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
To save other people time: The video shows how to get some of them off your face if you want to study them. Not how to get rid of them permanently, or even temporarily.
As a totally unrelated aside, would one be able to express that distinction using "of" versus "off"?
Huh, so if they have a beneficial effect I wonder what happens if you disrupt their lifecycle. Are they, for instance, sensitive to certain cleansing compounds, etc.
I wonder if such a disruption is the reason why some people seem to be excessively prone to blackheads, like yours truly for instance, my nose looks like a strawberry up close.
Huh, so if they have a beneficial effect I wonder what happens if you disrupt their lifecycle. Are they, for instance, sensitive to certain cleansing compounds, etc.
We need to stop lathering ourselves up with soap all the time. Like mites, we have a community living on our skin, our microbiome and soap decimates that community that helps us
Huh, so if they have a beneficial effect I wonder what happens if you disrupt their lifecycle. Are they, for instance, sensitive to certain cleansing compounds, etc.